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MI to Weigh Ban on Stock Buybacks for Companies Receiving Tax Breaks Michigan Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D) introduced a bill ( SB 783 ) that would prohibit publicly traded companies receiving economic incentives...
VA House Passes Paid Sick Leave Bill Virginia’s House of Delegates approved a bill ( HB 5 ) that would expand the state’s current paid sick leave law, which applies only to a small segment...
VA Lawmakers Okay Prescription Drug Affordability Board Virginia lawmakers have passed legislation ( SB 271 / HB 483 ) that would create a prescription drug affordability board to review drug prices...
Geolocation data has become a new frontier in privacy protection. This year, Virginia could join Maryland and Oregon as the first states to prohibit the sale of information that provides the precise...
Insurance Bill Raises Concerns in FL A fast-moving bill ( SB 1028 ) in Florida, sponsored by Sen. Joe Gruters (R), chairman of the Senate’s Banking and Insurance Committee, would require Citizens...
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) last week ordered state regulators to yank the licenses of facilities that house undocumented migrant kids.
The move was intended to stymie a Biden administration policy that contracts with 52 Texas general residential facilities to house approximately 4,200 migrant children. Those contracts required the facilities to be licensed by the state. The Office of Refugee Resettlement contracts with about 200 facilities across 22 states.
The order sparked speculation that it would force the closure of the Texas operations, but a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson said the agency does not intend to close any of the facilities.
--Compiled by RICH EHISEN