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Google Agrees to Help Fund Journalism in CA California lawmakers reached a deal with Google that will provide about $250 million in public and private funding for newsrooms across the state over the...
MA Expands Access to Maternal Health Care Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healy (D) signed legislation ( HB 4999 ) expanding access to maternal health services in the state. Among other things, the measure...
When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal law prohibiting state-authorized sports betting in May 2018 , it wasn’t just state legislatures that sprang into action. The fantasy sports behemoths...
AI Doomsday Bill Moves Closer to Passage in CA The California Assembly’s Appropriations Committee advanced a first-of-its kind bill ( SB 1047 ) aimed at preventing mass human casualties or property...
Bill Regulating PBMs Nearing Passage in CA California lawmakers are on track to pass a bill ( SB 966 ) in the coming weeks regulating pharmacy benefit managers. The measure would prohibit PBM practices...
A regional director of the National Labor Relations Board rejected Amazon’s effort to overturn a union victory at the company’s JFK8 warehouse on Staten Island, which has impeded contract negotiations between the company and the union. The NLRB official decided there was insufficient evidence supporting the company’s claim of improprieties on the part of the union and the labor board. The company said it would appeal the regional director’s decision to the labor board in Washington, D.C. (NEW YORK TIMES)
On the first day of Michigan’s legislative session last week (Jan. 11), Democrats who control both the House and Senate for the first time in 40 years announced a bevy of bills that would significantly shift state policies. They include proposals that would reinstate the prevailing wage law repealed in 2018 and repeal the right-to-work law enacted in 2012. The bills were expected to be formally introduced on Jan. 12. (MICHIGAN ADVANCE, DETROIT NEWS)
As Missouri lawmakers returned to the Capitol last week, legislative leaders on both sides of the aisle expressed support for efforts to boost the state’s childcare workforce, including increasing childcare worker pay and possibly granting childcare facilities property tax breaks.
“We know we have a workforce problem,” said Senate President Caleb Rowden (R). “This isn’t a new problem.” (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH)
— Compiled KOREY CLARK