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Business The Wisconsin Senate approves SB 298 , a bill that would bar the Wolverine State from making rules against dogs entering businesses that sell pre-packaged food while still allowing pups to be banned from businesses that sell cooked food. It...

Business The U.S. Supreme Court rejects an appeal by trucking companies seeking to exempt drivers from a California labor law that would classify them as employees rather than independent contractors. The SCOTUS rejected without comment an appeal of...

Business: The FLORIDA Senate fails to reach concurrence on HB 969 , a comprehensive data privacy measure that would have allowed consumers to know what personal information companies have collected on them and to demand they delete it. The measure passed...

Business: WASHINGTON Gov. Jay Inslee (D) signs SB 5172 , a bill that will ensure farm laborers in the Evergreen State receive overtime pay. The law will be phased in, granting the additional pay for workers who put in more than 55 hours of work by 2022;...

Business The VERMONT House and Senate give final approval to HB 313 , a measure that would extend for two years an earlier executive order by Gov. Phil Scott (R) allowing for the curbside pickup and delivery of alcohol. It is with Gov. Scott now for...

Business New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signs AB 3350 , which makes Empire State contractors on construction projects jointly liable for wages owed to employees of their subcontractors. The law further allows contractors to demand payroll information...

Business California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signs AB 1480 , which expands a state law barring employers from using criminal detentions that did not result in a conviction as a factor in employment to include those already employed as nonsworn members...

Business Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signs SB 817 , a bill that bans discrimination in schools based on hairstyles historically associated with race, ethnicity, or hair texture braids, locks and twists. Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee (D) signs HB...