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Remote meetings reauthorized through June 2027

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On March 28, 2025, Mass. Governor Maura Healy signed an emergency law extending the COVID-19 remote and hybrid meeting authorizations for public meetings of local boards and committees until June 30, 2027. The law, Chapter 2...more

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Campaign Finance Developments in Ohio and North Carolina

Ohio Adopts Sweeping Foreign National Ban, Covering Lawful Permanent Residents - On June 2, 2024, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed into law H.B. 1, enacting a sweeping foreign national ban on political contributions and...more

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New Texas law prohibits COVID-19 vaccine mandates by private employers

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s latest push against vaccine mandates takes form in a new law now in force in the Lone Star State. Senate Bill 7 prohibits private employers from adopting or enforcing certain COVID-19 vaccine...more

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New York State Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government Declared Unconstitutional

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The New York State Supreme Court has held the New York State Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government (the “commission”) is unconstitutional in violation of the separation of powers. The ruling comes in Cuomo v. New...more

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NC Politics in the News - August 2023 #3

Economic Development - THE NEWS & OBSERVER: North Hills' $1B 'Innovation District' is starting to take shape. What to know. North Hills’ new $1-billion innovation district is coming together. Roughly four years after...more

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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Rules City of Boston Could Enforce COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements on City Employees

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Although it certainly seems anticlimactic, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that the City of Boston could enforce COVID-19 vaccination requirements on city employees. The plaintiffs, the Boston police and...more

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McDermott Health 2023 Annual Report - Digital Health: 2022 Year in Review

Digital health is one of the fast-growing segments of the healthcare market, with patients, clinicians and regulators increasingly aligned behind the opportunities that digitization presents. Over the last three years,...more

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Washington State’s COVID-19 Emergency Declaration To Expire With HELSA Still in Effect

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Washington Governor Jay Inslee will end the statewide COVID-19 emergency declaration on October 31, 2022, and rescind all remaining COVID-19 emergency proclamations. Despite the governor’s action, however, Washington’s Health...more

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California Legislates Covid-19 Orthodoxy

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Three millennia ago, the Egyptians began the practice of treating disease by the letting of blood.  Bloodletting became an accepted practice worldwide.  King Charles II and George Washington both endured bloodlettings.  In...more

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California Legislative Update: What’s Left To Affect You?

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Headlining the employment-related bills that passed the May 27, 2022, House of Origin Deadline is AB 85, which extended COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave to September of this year, as well as bills...more

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Washington’s Legislature Makes Notable Changes to the Open Public Meetings Act ‎

Governor Inslee’s March 24, 2022 signing of House Bill 1329 marks the introduction of changes to the Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA), the focus of which concerns public meetings’ accessibility and participation in the same....more

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Mississippi Governor Signs Bill Banning Workplace Vaccine Mandates for Public Employers and Requiring Public and Private Employers...

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Mississippi joins the list of states limiting public employer COVID-19 vaccine mandates. On April 22, 2022, Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill banning public institutions and agencies from discriminating against people based on...more

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North Carolina General Assembly Week in Review - April 2022 #3

This week, legislators on several Joint Legislative Oversight Committees discussed healthcare policy and potential changes to how North Carolina regulates insurance and medical services. These meetings are part of a series of...more

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North Carolina General Assembly Week in Review - March 2022 #3

Legislators were back in town this week to take votes on several bills, including an adjournment resolution. Aside from interim committee work, lawmakers will plan to be back in town for the short session after the May...more

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North Carolina General Assembly Week in Review - March 2022

It's March, and barring any last-minute action by the United States Supreme Court, today is the final day for candidates to file for office in North Carolina. State legislators had to file for re-election in their home...more

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Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 23 2022

The Georgia House put in a full day on Thursday, taking up twelve propositions across two Rules Calendars before adjourning near 4PM. Representatives unanimously approved a bill strengthening Georgia’s Childhood Lead Exposure...more

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Brooks Pierce Capital Dispatch: Updates from the NC General Assembly and Governor’s Office - February 2022

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Both Gov. Roy Cooper and the General Assembly this week addressed COVID masking requirements. Legislators also passed new legislative and congressional district maps.   Governor Encourages Move to Voluntary Masking;...more

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North Carolina General Assembly Week in Review - February 2022 #3

It was an exciting week at the General Assembly as the halls and chambers were back to normal capacity. Legislators, lobbyists and spectators returned to Raleigh to participate in the redistricting process as well as several...more

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North Carolina General Assembly Update - February 2022 #2

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KTS Strategies brings years of experience providing clients in a diverse range of industries with comprehensive policy and advocacy advice before federal, state, and local agencies. In North Carolina, we advise local...more

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California COVID Supplemental Sick Leave is Back

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California COVID supplemental sick leave is back. After Governor Newsom and the State Legislature came to an agreement earlier this year for what the 2022 version of supplemental sick leave would look like, mirror bills (AB...more

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North Carolina General Assembly Week in Review - January 2022 #3

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, North Carolina is bracing for a fourth winter storm this year. Since the General Assembly did not convene this week, we felt it appropriate this week to review the funding...more

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North Carolina General Assembly Week in Review - January 2022 #2

North Carolina is bracing for its third winter storm, which is supposed to continue through the end of Saturday. This week, the General Assembly reconvened to pass two bills, one which will postpone the state's election...more

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California 2022 Legislative Session Preview

The 2022 California legislative session began Jan. 3, following projections of record state revenues. The legislature will consider Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal until the June deadlines. The governor’s $286.4 billion...more

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New Year Means Newly Expanded Enforcement Authority for Cal/OSHA

In our annual California Legislative Update, we briefly explained that SB 606 expanded the enforcement authority of the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (“Cal/OSHA”) in various ways. With the new law’s...more

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California Department of Public Health Requires Health Care Workers to Receive the Booster Vaccine by February 1, 2022

On December 22, 2021, the California Department of Public Health (“CDPH”) issued an order requiring workers in health care facilities to receive booster vaccinations to help combat COVID-19. Health care workers must receive...more

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