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Developing Anti-‘Debanking’ Trend in Red States? A new front appears to have opened in the ongoing battle over environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing. In March Idaho Gov. Brad...
FL Requests Medicaid Waiver to Bolster Health Workforce Florida is seeking a federal waiver to use Medicaid funding to expand its health care workforce, a plan that could be adopted by other states....
A couple of years ago, the idea of switching to a four-day workweek seemed to be catching on in state legislatures . As many as six states, including Maryland , Massachusetts and Pennsylvania , considered...
PA Enacts Crypto Transmitter Licensing Requirements Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) signed legislation requiring cryptocurrency and other virtual monetary transmitters to be licensed by the state...
MO Lawmakers Repeal Voter-Approved Paid Sick Leave Law Eight months after Missouri voters approved Proposition A, mandating paid sick leave and a $13.75 minimum wage, Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) signed legislation...
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Victims of the Los Angeles wildfires in January have filed a pair of lawsuits claiming USAA, a Texas-based insurer that serves members of the military, and two insurers affiliated with AAA underestimated the replacement cost of their homes for years, leaving them without enough coverage to rebuild their homes. The plaintiffs accuse the insurers of fraud and negligence, among other things, and seek damages as well as reform of the insurers’ practices. (INSURANCE JOURNAL, LOS ANGELES TIMES)
North Carolina’s legislature passed a bill that would create a five-member board of appointees to manage the state’s $127 billion in pension funds (HB 506), and the state’s House passed a measure that would allow that board to invest up to 5% of those funds in cryptocurrencies like bitcoin (HB 92). The first measure now goes to Gov. Josh Stein (D), while the second awaits action by the Rules and Operations of the Senate Committee. (NC NEWSLINE, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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