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Pennsylvania Perspective for Monday, March 31, 2025

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Medical Marijuana Oversight Bill Advances - The Pennsylvania House advanced a bill earlier this month to address concerns about doctor practices and patient care by increasing oversight of the state’s medical marijuana...more

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Upcoming Deadlines for LA Fires Assistance and Relief

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Deadlines are quickly approaching this month for federal and local aid available to individuals and businesses impacted by the Los Angeles fires. Descriptions of aid available and the deadlines to apply are detailed below....more

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California Governor’s Executive Order on Disaster Unemployment Assistance for Child Care Providers in Los Angeles

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On February 11, 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order to support childcare providers impacted by the recent wildfires in Los Angeles. This order ensures that those affected are aware of their eligibility for...more

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Pennsylvania Perspective for Thursday, February 27, 2025

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PA House Committee Considers EITC to Aid Working Families -Pennsylvania’s House Finance committee is exploring the introduction of an Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) to support financially constrained working families, though...more

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Key Deadline Extensions for Businesses Recovering from Hurricane Helene

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This client alert describes the deadlines for seeking grants made available for small businesses recovering from Hurricane Helene and summarizes recent extensions of deadlines for assistance by FEMA and North Carolina’s...more

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Pennsylvania Perspective for Monday, January 27, 2025

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Parties Rush to Nominate Candidates for HD-35 Special Election- Democrats and Republicans are quickly selecting nominees for the special election on March 25 to resolve the even split in the Pennsylvania House. Democrats...more

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New York Note: ConnectALL’s Municipal Infrastructure, Charter Revision Commission Proposals, NYC Unemployment Down

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July 26, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that she plans to allocate more than $70 million to the ConnectALL Municipal Infrastructure Grant Program. Part of a $228 million federal investment, the initiative aims to optimize...more

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Cozen Cities - December 21, 2022

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LOS ANGELES — Proposition 22: California Gig Companies, Workers Get Their Day in Appeals Court- For more than a year, the California voter-approved gig economy law known as Proposition 22 has hung in the balance after a...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Happy Thanksgiving and the Many Things for Which We Are Thankful – 2022 Edition

This year brought substantial progress in the way of slightly fewer positive COVID-19 cases and/or transmissions and increased vaccinations. Consequently, in the employment world many of you reopened your offices and invited...more

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Cozen Cities: September 21, 2022

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Throughout the country, large municipalities are laboratories of democracy. New and innovative policies introduced in one market are often exported to others, and ultimately replicated at the state and federal level. This...more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

2022 Legislative Summary for Businesses and Employers

Last month, the Rhode Island General Assembly adjourned for 2022. Two years removed from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the legislative session finally returned to a familiar pace and structure. In contrast, the ongoing...more

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

Legislative Top 5: March 2022 #4

Budget Targets Released, But Not to Public - Finance committees in both the House and Senate have been provided budget targets for their respective omnibus finance bills. Unlike most years, these targets have not been...more

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Brooks Pierce Capital Dispatch: Updates from the NC General Assembly and Governor’s Office - June 2021 #2

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This week, Legislators worked on the budget bill and considered other bills. State Budget Bill - House and Senate leaders this week announced an agreement for state budget spending caps for fiscal years 2022 and 2023....more

McGuireWoods Consulting

North Carolina General Assembly Week in Review - June 2021 #1

This week, we saw the beginnings of the budget process, as the House hosted a series of Appropriations subcommittees. Nearly all of the committee rooms were packed with visitors attending to see if an unannounced House budget...more

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COVID-19: Washington State Resource Guide for Individuals Dealing with COVID Financial Impacts

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This guidebook is designed to serve as an interactive reference for individuals in Washington state looking for information and resources available to help with the financial impacts of COVID-19. It is not legal advice and...more

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DOL Issues Workforce Development Guidance

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On February 25, 2021, the US Department of Labor issued guidance for state-based unemployment compensation programs.  The guidance addresses the concern that some workers lose unemployment compensation benefits if they refuse...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, December 2020 # 4

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In Washington: On Thursday, the U.S. experienced the deadliest 24 Hours since the Coronavirus pandemic began as a record 2,777 Americans died in just 24 hours. More than 14 million Americans have now tested positive,...more

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New State Employment Laws Set to Take Effect on January 1, 2021

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As employers continue to grapple with the ever-changing legal landscape of COVID-era regulations, 2021 will bring changes to the traditional realm of employment law in dozens of jurisdictions.  Compared to prior years, there...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

SB 288: Sustainable Transportation and the “Road to Recovery” for Post-COVID Air Pollution and Unemployment Concerns

At the end of the 2020 legislative session, California Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 288 (Wiener) (SB 288) into law. SB 288, amends the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), streamlining the environmental review...more

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California Imposes New Compliance Obligations on Employers

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The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the closure of the California Legislature for long stretches of time this year.  The work of the body continued on, however, and at the end of the session it passed the usual flurry of labor...more

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View From the Hill: What’s Next for COVID-19 Legislation

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The political battle now occurring in the U.S. Congress is over legislation responding to the continued crisis from the COVID-19 pandemic. The U.S. House has passed the Heroes Act, which is a $3 trillion piece of...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report - May 2020 #1

In the General Assembly’s first attempt at a virtual committee meeting, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Terry England (R-Auburn) and newly minted Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Blake Tillery (R-Vidalia)...more

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Executive Order Creates Technology/eDiscovery Vendor Opportunity with Florida Unemployment Office

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With 9.9 million Americans filing for unemployment in the past two weeks, on Thursday, April 2, Governor Ron DeSantis issued Executive Order 20-93. ...more

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South Carolina Department of Revenue Announces Changes to County Tiers for 2020

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The South Carolina Department of Revenue has released the 2020 county tier rankings for all South Carolina counties. The rankings are reassessed each year and are determined in part by per capita income and unemployment rate...more

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What New Employment Laws Were Enacted in Arkansas?

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The 2019 session was a busy one for the Arkansas General Assembly, as the state enacted at least nine labor and employment-related measures in its recently concluded legislative session....more

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