By Peter Brath On July 23, Delaware Governor John Carney (D) signed a trio of bills aimed at keeping Delaware in step with blockchain technology. Each bill passed through both chambers without a single no vote. The initiative is part of an effort to ensure Delaware maintains its business-friendly reputation where more than half of [...]
Beehive State lawmakers approved legislation on Wednesday allowing the collection of online sales tax. The move follows several other state legislatures after the Supreme Court ruled in July that states could collect taxes from online retailers. Utah's legislation requires companies with 200 sales or $100,000 worth of sales a year to pay taxes on transactions. Utah currently has voluntary agreements with large online business, like [...]
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner (R) signed two pieces of legislation earlier this week that will increase gun control measures in his state. The two laws, which were signed on Monday, extend the waiting period for firearms to 72 hours and allows family, friends and police officers to petition a court to remove weapons from someone [...]
A Nebraska lawmaker has begun to push legislation that would allow the collection of online sales tax following a Supreme Court ruling in June. Republican Senator John McCollister of Omaha has begun circulating a petition to summon legislators into a special session that would force debate over an online sales tax proposal. McCollister currently has [...]
Maine lawmakers overrode Governor Paul LePage’s veto Tuesday, allowing doctors and nurses to prescribe medical marijuana for any patient they deem adequate. The Maine House voted 119-23, while the Senate voted 25-8 to override the governor’s decision on Friday to veto a medical marijuana reform bill. Maine legalized medical marijuana prescriptions in 1999 for AIDS, [...]
Governor Phil Murphy signed a budget into place Sunday night and avoided a government shutdown with just hours to spare. The new budget will increase spending by 4.2 percent and increase tax revenue by an estimated $1.5 billion. While Murphy did not get the sales tax increase he wanted, he did get his millionaires tax, [...]
By Peter Brath and Danny Restivo Republicans and Democrats in four states—Oklahoma, Colorado, South Carolina and Maryland—solidified their party’s respective nominees for governor after Tuesday night’s primary. Maryland Former NAACP President and CEO Ben Jealous clinched the Democratic nomination after defeating a large field of candidates. With 39 percent of the vote, Jealous’ closest competitor [...]
After the State Senate approved new legislation to mandate Net Neutrality laws in California earlier this month, a California House committee amended the legislation this week. As a result, the bill removes key consumer protections approved by the Senate. Democratic State Senator Scott Wiener, a San Francisco legislator who sponsored the bill passed by [...]
North Carolina became the first state to adopt a $15 minimum wage for state employees after lawmakers approved the budget on Tuesday, June 12th. As a result, 9,000 North Carolina workers will receive a raise that increases their salary to $31,200 a year. However, while employees at state agencies and the University of North Carolina [...]
By Peter Brath and Danny Restivo Five states held primaries on Tuesday, with Republicans and Democrats in Nevada, Maine and South Carolina choosing their party’s respective nominee for governor. South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster will face former Marine and businessman John Warren in a runoff on June 26 after neither GOP gubernatorial [...]
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