Free subscription to the Capitol Journal keeps you current on legislative and regulatory news.
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...
* The views expressed in externally authored materials linked or published on this site do not necessarily reflect the views of LexisNexis Legal & Professional.
A regional director of the National Labor Relations Board rejected Amazon’s effort to overturn a union victory at the company’s JFK8 warehouse on Staten Island, which has impeded contract negotiations between the company and the union. The NLRB official decided there was insufficient evidence supporting the company’s claim of improprieties on the part of the union and the labor board. The company said it would appeal the regional director’s decision to the labor board in Washington, D.C. (NEW YORK TIMES)
On the first day of Michigan’s legislative session last week (Jan. 11), Democrats who control both the House and Senate for the first time in 40 years announced a bevy of bills that would significantly shift state policies. They include proposals that would reinstate the prevailing wage law repealed in 2018 and repeal the right-to-work law enacted in 2012. The bills were expected to be formally introduced on Jan. 12. (MICHIGAN ADVANCE, DETROIT NEWS)
As Missouri lawmakers returned to the Capitol last week, legislative leaders on both sides of the aisle expressed support for efforts to boost the state’s childcare workforce, including increasing childcare worker pay and possibly granting childcare facilities property tax breaks.
“We know we have a workforce problem,” said Senate President Caleb Rowden (R). “This isn’t a new problem.” (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH)
— Compiled KOREY CLARK