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States Target School Cell Phone Use At least four states have banned or severely restricted the use of smart phones in schools in the current legislative biennium. Florida became the first state to do...
Compounded Weight-Loss Drugs Creating Headaches for State Regulators With popular weight-loss drugs like Mounjaro, Ozempic and Wegovy in short supply, many doctors, pharmacies and other providers have...
In their seminal book on the American health care system, legendary investigative reporters Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele offered a disturbing metaphor for the illogical nature of medical pricing...
PA Lawmakers Pass Bill Regulating PBMs The Pennsylvania legislature passed a bill ( HB 1993 ) aimed at increasing oversight of pharmacy benefit managers. If signed by Gov. Josh Shapiro (D), the measure...
In a sign of the times, states have begun pursuing bills that require disclosure of the use of artificial intelligence. In March, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) signed SB 149 , making the state the first...
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 Program will reimburse organizations that train infrastructure workers. The governor said the program was the first of its kind in the nation. (PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL-STAR)
A McDonald`s franchise that operates a dozen restaurants in New Orleans hired over 80 minors in Louisiana and Texas, in violation of child labor laws, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The franchise, CLB Investments LLC, was fined $56,106 for the violations. (INSURANCE JOURNAL)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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