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NY Gov Signs AI Safety Bill New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed legislation ( AB 6453 / SB 6953 ) establishing safety and reporting requirements for major developers of so-called frontier artificial...
For two years running , we’ve opened our annual story predicting the top issues for state legislators in the coming year by noting just how tense and uncertain things are, with the war in Ukraine...
States Sue to Block H-1B Visa Fee The attorneys general of 20 states, led by California and Massachusetts, filed a federal lawsuit aimed at blocking the Trump administration’s new $100,000 fee...
Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez (R) unveiled a two-bill healthcare package aimed at aligning the state with President Trump’s new federal framework. HB 693 would tighten eligibility for Medicaid...
President Donald Trump has waded into one of the most pressing and prevalent issues in state capitols these days: regulating artificial intelligence. In early December, the president said on his Truth...
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The attorneys general of 20 states, led by California and Massachusetts, filed a federal lawsuit aimed at blocking the Trump administration’s new $100,000 fee on H-1B visas, which allow employers to hire foreign workers with specialized skills when similarly qualified American workers can’t be found. Administration officials have argued that some employers had been abusing the visa program to keep their wages low. Tech companies based in California, including Apple, Google and Meta are among the nation’s top employers of H-1B visa holders. (NEW YORK TIMES)
Utah lawmakers and Gov. Spencer Cox (R) repealed the law (HB 267) they enacted earlier this year preventing public employee labor unions from negotiating on behalf of their workers. Opponents of the law had collected enough signatures to qualify for a referendum on it for the November ballot. (ASSOCIATED PRESS, KSL)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK