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OR Looks to Allow Striking Workers to Collect Unemployment A hotly debated bill ( SB 916 ) passed out of committee in Oregon’s Senate last week would allow striking workers in both the public and...
MT Targets Insurers’ Use of AI Montana’s House Committee on Business and Labor held a public hearing last week on a bill ( HB 556 ) that would regulate the use of artificial intelligence...
UT Passes App Store Age-Verification Bill Utah became the first state to pass legislation requiring app stores to verify the age of users and obtain parental consent for minors to download apps. The...
State-level politicians across the country appear to be growing concerned about private equity investing in healthcare. Over the past two years, legislators in Illinois, Indiana, New Mexico and New York...
State Lawmakers Take Aim at Crypto Kiosks Lawmakers in at least 15 states have introduced bills to regulate cryptocurrency kiosks, which are often found at convenience stores and gas stations. The bills...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) launched an investigation into the privacy practices of the Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek. The state claims the company violated the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act. (KXAN)
Meanwhile, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) banned the use of DeepSeek on government devices and networks in their respective states. (13 NEWS NOW)
Connecticut’s Joint Committee on General Law held a public hearing last week on a bill (HB 6857) aimed at protecting minors from the potential harms of social media. The measure, backed by the state’s attorney general, William Tong (D), would restrict social media platforms’ use of algorithms that prioritize content for users. (HARTFORD COURANT, LEXIS NEXIS STATE NET)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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