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Bill Setting Rounding Rules for Cash Transactions Advances in FL The Florida Senate Commerce and Tourism Committee advanced a bill ( SB 1074 ) that would direct retailers how to round cash transactions...
NH Bill Aimed at Banning Political Discrimination in Workplace New Hampshire Rep. Terry Roy (R) has introduced a bill ( HB 1464 ) that would prohibit employers from refusing to hire, barring from employment...
ACA Health Insurance Enrollments Down by More Than 800,000 About 830,000 fewer Americans have signed up for Affordable Care Act health insurance plans than last year, according to data from the Centers...
What a difference a year makes. In March of last year, we reported that many states were considering requiring insurers to cover popular weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Victoza....
State Lawmakers Target Data Centers State lawmakers are considering legislation to protect consumers from rising energy prices as data centers drive up demand. A bill [ HB 3546 (2025) ] passed in Oregon...
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Massachusetts’ top appellate court upheld a first-in-the-nation rule holding broker-dealers to the same standard as investment advisers, which had been challenged by brokerage app provider Robinhood LLC. The ruling could support efforts by states like Nevada and New Jersey to promulgate regulations that go beyond U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules regarding the broker-dealer industry. (LAW360)
Farmers Insurance said it is letting go of about 2,400 employees, roughly 11% of its workforce. The company, one of the nation’s largest providers of auto, home and small business insurance, said it was streamlining its organizational structure to position itself better for profitability long-term, but the layoffs come pullbacks in Florida’s and California’s homeowners insurance markets in recent months. (INSURANCE JOURNAL)
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ruled that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission erred in refusing to allow cryptocurrency investment firm Grayscale to convert its bitcoin trust into an ETF. The court said: “The Commission failed to adequately explain why it approved the listing of two bitcoin futures ETPs but not Grayscale’s proposed bitcoin ETP.” (CNBC)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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