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States Target School Cell Phone Use At least four states have banned or severely restricted the use of smart phones in schools in the current legislative biennium. Florida became the first state to do...
Compounded Weight-Loss Drugs Creating Headaches for State Regulators With popular weight-loss drugs like Mounjaro, Ozempic and Wegovy in short supply, many doctors, pharmacies and other providers have...
In their seminal book on the American health care system, legendary investigative reporters Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele offered a disturbing metaphor for the illogical nature of medical pricing...
PA Lawmakers Pass Bill Regulating PBMs The Pennsylvania legislature passed a bill ( HB 1993 ) aimed at increasing oversight of pharmacy benefit managers. If signed by Gov. Josh Shapiro (D), the measure...
In a sign of the times, states have begun pursuing bills that require disclosure of the use of artificial intelligence. In March, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) signed SB 149 , making the state the first...
The Massachusetts House Labor and Workforce Development Committee scheduled a hearing last week on legislation (HB 3849) that would provide tax credits to businesses that join a pilot program to test a four-day work week. The bill specifies that a four-day work week is one in which “employees receive a meaningful reduction in actual work hours without any reduction in overall pay.” (CBS NEWS, STATE NET)
Businesses that have let their employees work remotely in recent years have experienced four times more revenue growth than companies that have been less flexible about office attendance, according to a study by Scoop Technologies Inc. and Boston Consulting Group. The study, which included 554 public companies employing nearly 27 million people, found that companies whose workforces are either completely remote or are able to choose when to go into the office increased sales 21% between 2020 and 2022, while companies with fully onsite or hybrid workforces increased sales 5% over that same period. (BLOOMBERG)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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