Photo credit: iStock.com/Mikhail Sokolov While much attention is focused on states and the federal government’s efforts to legalize recreational marijuana, there is a new form of thus far unregulated tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) trending—delta-8. Google searches for [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/AlekZotoff On Independence Day weekend, Americans across the country will flock to watch fireworks displays. In the lead-up to July 4th, states have considered myriad legislation regulating fireworks. Ohio Beginning July 1,2022, Ohio [...]

This week saw state lawmakers around the country busy on various issues, including working to pass their state's budgets as well as continued reactions to the recent Supreme Court ruling on abortion and recent mass [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/Doucefleur A growing trend amongst state legislatures is passing legislation requiring personal financial literacy education in high school.  According to a 2022 Next Gen Personal Finance (NGPF) report, 22.7% of high school students, [...]

Lawmakers in states around the country kept busy this week on a range of issues including abortion, minimum wage, state budgets, firearms, and more. Notably, Alabama held its primary runoff elections this week, Indiana Governor [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/ValentynVolkov In 2020, the total sales of alcoholic beverages exceeded $222 billion in the United States alone. The industry has seen changes in recent years for a few reasons including challenges caused by [...]

This week, lawmakers across the United States continued to take action on various gun-related proposals. Delaware lawmakers passed two bills on background checks and increasing the age to purchase firearms, while the governor in Ohio [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/artiemedvedev This year has seen many states look at the possibility of regulating cryptocurrency amid its growing use and popularity. Recently, the topic of crypto mining has come to the forefront of the [...]

This week saw national headlines dominated by various states holding their primary elections, including California and New Jersey. Legislatively, Connecticut lawmakers are proposing a diesel tax holiday, the Pennsylvania House advanced a liquor privatization constitutional [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/solarseven The Biden administration is hosting a series of events the week of June 6, 2022, to bolster the transition to electric vehicles (EVs) in pursuit of a significant shift away from gas-powered [...]