Lasting Health Policy Changes from Pandemic A number of health-related state policy changes made during the COVID-19 public health emergency appear likely to remain in place indefinitely. Over the past three years, hundreds of states have sought to extend temporary...
For years, movies have been depicting a future where artificial intelligence would provide us with medical care and counseling. In Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith , Anakin Skywalker’s life is saved by droids who replace his missing limbs with...
Judge Dismisses Challenge to UT Porn Website Age-Check Law A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging a law enacted earlier this year in Utah ( SB 287 ) requiring porn websites to verify the age of their users. U.S. District Court Judge Ted Stewart said...
PA Launches Infrastructure Workforce Development Program Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) issued an executive order directing up to $400 million in federal funding to a new infrastructure workforce development program. The Commonwealth Workforce Transformation...
Rise in Vaping-Related Nicotine Exposure Could Trigger More Regulation In spite of a 2016 federal law requiring child-resistant packaging on bottles of liquid nicotine used in e-cigarettes, or vapes, reported cases of vaping-related nicotine exposure reached...
The weather, of course, is notoriously difficult to predict. But if early projections are to be believed, the cities of Austin and Dallas in Texas are in for some hot days come September. Both cities are expected to see temperatures in the low 90s and high 80s...
Feds Propose Higher Capital Requirements for Big Banks Federal regulators formally proposed significant changes to the rules governing how much capital larger banks must hold to cushion them from financial losses. The changes, which could increase the high-quality...
Court Battle Over Children’s Online Privacy Law Begins in CA Hearings began last week in a legal challenge to California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code law , which is aimed at protecting children’s online privacy. The lawsuit, brought by tech...
WA Healthcare Facility Geofence Ban Takes Effect A new law ( HB 1155 ) took effect last week in Washington that, among other things, makes it illegal to set up a geofence around a healthcare facility. Supporters of the Washington My Health My Data Act say the...
Halfway through 2023, data privacy regulation remains a high priority for state lawmakers and business leaders alike. Here’s an update on the rapidly shifting, balkanized landscape of data privacy policies. Online Businesses Sue to Stop Arkansas Social...
States Focus on Drone Use As drones are becoming increasingly ubiquitous and sophisticated, state governments are coming up with new ways to use them. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) announced in May that the state would be adding 10 drones—including one...
U.S. Maternal Death Rates More Than Doubled in Recent Decades The maternal death rate in the United States more than doubled between 1999 and 2019—from 12.7 per 100,000 births to 32.2 per 100,000 births—according to a new study in the Journal of the...
It’s not hyperbole to say that the United States may very well be on the brink of a homeowners insurance crisis, at least in its coastal areas. Consider what’s happened just this year: State Farm and Allstate , two of the nation's largest...
Biden Administration Mulling AI Chip Export Restrictions The Biden administration is considering restrictions on the export of advanced chips used for artificial intelligence to China. Administration officials have expressed concerns that China could use the...
Abortion-Related Medical Malpractice Suits Ahead? Doctors in states with new abortion restrictions who refuse to end the pregnancies of women whose health is at risk, out of fear of criminal prosecution, could soon be facing a different legal risk: being sued...