Vaccine Mandates Force Employers to Ponder Religion: The surge in COVID-19 cases across the United States largely due to the Delta variant has prompted a growing number of major companies, including Google parent Alphabet, Tyson Foods and Walmart, to implement...
CA Vaccination-or-Test Requirement to Apply to Private-Sector Healthcare Workers: Under a new rule taking effect in California next month, an estimated 246,000 state employees and at least 2 million public- and private-sector health care workers and long-term...
Just-Signed Insurance Reform Bill Already Working in FL: A bill ( SB 76 ) reforming property insurance and roofing contractor practices in Florida was just signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on June 11 and won’t officially take effect until July 1...
CA to Spend $6B on Broadband: California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill ( SB 156 ) last week committing the state to spending $6 billion over the next three years on expanding broadband access, particularly in underserved and rural communities. Over half...
CO Becomes Third State to Pass Consumer Data Privacy Bill: Colorado has become the third state - after California and Virginia - to pass a comprehensive consumer data privacy bill. On June 8 the state’s General Assembly passed SB 190 , which, if signed...