News by subject: LEG

Negative Population Growth, Inc. has released a new Forum paper, Rethinking U.S. Refugee Policy, written by Edwin S. Rubenstein. On par with today's "Refugee Policy" headlines, Rubenstein's paper highlights the importance of Special Immigrant Visas...

The Honourable David Lametti, P.C., Q.C., Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, the Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development, accompanied by the Honourable Rona Ambrose, will make...

The Honourable David Lametti, P.C., Q.C., Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, the Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development, accompanied by the Honourable Rona Ambrose, will make...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in the United States and the eleventh leading cause of death in Kentucky. On Wednesday, February 5, advocates from the Kentucky Chapter of the...

A coalition of bipartisan lawmakers, the Virginia Municipal League, the American Car Rental Association and Virginia vehicle rental operators are calling on the Virginia General Assembly to "Care Before You Share" in response to the rise of...

The Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointment under the judicial application process established in 2016. This process emphasizes transparency, merit, and diversity, and...

The Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointment under the judicial application process established in 2016. This process emphasizes transparency, merit, and diversity, and...

Indigenous leaders from several Salish Sea First Nations participated in a wide-ranging discussion that touched on the possibility of having an Indigenous regulatory body to address gaps and needs, as well as a process in which First Nations can work...

The National Limousine Association (NLA) and the Limousine Association of New Jersey (LANJ) applaud New Jersey Senate President, Stephen M. Sweeney for his support in sponsoring the bill, S-863, which follows a suite of impactful bills signed into...

On Friday, January 31, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), along with other civil rights organizations, will hold a news conference to respond to President Trump's expected announcement of an expansion of the Muslim Ban executive...

Following President Trump's State of the Union Address Tuesday evening, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie will speak at a National Press Club Newsmaker at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 5 to announce new initiatives designed to better...

A major reform bill to fix California's broken bottle deposit system and get consumers back hundreds of millions in unredeemed deposits failed in the California Senate today after the wine and liquor industry joined with the beverage industry to...

Kroger Health announced today a new service aimed at helping tobacco users in Idaho and Indiana successfully quit for good. Beginning February 3rd, 2020, pharmacists across Idaho and Indiana Kroger, Fred Meyer and Smith's locations will prescribe and...

The Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates (SOCMA) applauds President Trump's signing of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The new agreement delivers a substantial win for chemical manufacturing and SOCMA members who have...

The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) today commended the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review Panel for its timely and important report, Canada's Communications Future: Time to Act, and in particular, the Panel's...

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Chrystia Freeland, today issued the following statement after introducing Bill C-4, An Act to implement the Agreement between Canada, the United States of America and the United...

Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) releases the following statement in response to the "Moving Forward Framework," the House Democrats' $760 billion infrastructure proposal released today: "For the first time in decades,...

Today, the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review Panel presented its final recommendations to government in a report titled Canada's communications future: Time to act. The CRTC would like to recognize the panel, as well as the...

The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Heritage, and the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry, made the following statement on the release of the...

The U.S. House Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing today on "Improving Safety and Transparency in America's Food and Drugs." Included on the agenda for this hearing was the Safeguard American Food Exports...

Airlines for America (A4A) today urged Congress to focus on our nation's real infrastructure needs ? like crumbling roads and deteriorating bridges ? rather than digging deeper into the pockets of American travelers to pad the coffers of well-funded...

Howard Handler, government affairs director for the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), issued the following statement in response to the House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee's passage of House Bill 156. "While...

The American Lung Association's 2020 "State of Tobacco Control" report finds that the federal government can do more to address the youth vaping epidemic and prevent tobacco use. The report grades state and federal governments' efforts in 2019 to...

At a press conference in Martinsburg, West Virginia today, Governor Jim Justice and Liberty University President Jerry Falwell, Jr. addressed the growing calls for Virginia counties to join West Virginia as state leaders propose radical measures that...

The Consumer Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee held a major hearing today on the Horseracing Integrity Act (HIA) that brought together horse racing industry heavy weights and representatives from two major animal welfare groups...

Today, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) applauded the co-sponsors of the "Connecting America's Active Transportation System Act," Rep. Daniel Lipinski (Ill.-3), Jared Huffman (Calif.-2), and Chris Pappas (N.H.-1), for their leadership to build an...

The following statement was issued by Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), regarding today's Supreme Court decision allowing the Trump administration to implement its "public charge" rule....

Today, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed legislation that will cap insulin co-pays. Senate Bill 667 (SB 667) also requires the Illinois Department of Insurance to issue a report that includes a summary of insulin pricing practices as well as...

Hours before President Donald Trump made history as the first president to appear in person at the March for Life, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar announced at Family Research Council's ProLifeCon that the agency is...

Traliant, an innovator in online sexual harassment training, today announced the Illinois Edition of its award-winning Preventing Discrimination and Harassment training. The interactive course complies with the Workplace Transparency Act, a...

Pace-O-Matic of Pennsylvania (POM of PA), the entity that markets Pennsylvania Skill games, once again received a decisive win in Commonwealth Court on Wednesday when this court blocked the Bureau of Liquor Control & Enforcement's (BLCE) appeal of...

Following a court motion filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery today by TransPerfect Global, Inc. revealing that the law firm of Skadden Arps has billed the translation services company for upwards of $10 million in undisclosed legal fees since...

A coalition of bipartisan lawmakers, the Virginia Municipal League, the American Car Rental Association and Virginia car rental operators are calling on the Virginia General Assembly to "Care Before You Share." The coalition has come together in...

The state of American business in 2020 is uncertain. American business is at a crossroads?economically, politically, and globally. The debates, the decisions, and the disruptions that will confront the American business community this year will have...

WHAT: California AB5 took effect on January 1, 2020. Substantial obligations are required of companies to avoid employee misclassifications and potential penalties. Join experts as they discuss how firms can navigate the new law. WHO: Paul...

DisposeRx, Inc., manufacturer of the market leading at-home medication disposal solution, has in place a network of more than 1,000 pharmacies in New Jersey ready to meet the requirements of new legislation signed into law today....

Clean energy legislation pending before the General Assembly stands as the only viable alternative to an explosive increase in electricity costs?believed to be the largest in state history?for millions of Illinois consumers, following a recent...

The Teamsters Union applauds New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy for signing and New Jersey legislators for passing an historic legislative package that will help protect workers from misclassification. The package of bills...

On Tuesday, Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation that officially designates the Seeing Eye® dog as the state dog of New Jersey. All Seeing Eye dogs are born and trained in New Jersey before they are placed with people...

Donald Trump Jr.'s latest hunting escapade in Mongolia, where he shot a rare Argali sheep and received the permit to do so only after the kill signals that it is more than time for New York State -- the biggest port of entry for wildlife trophies --...

AB 5 has "unintended consequences" which are far-reaching, well beyond the employers that have, up until January 1, 2020, conducted their business through 1099 contracts. Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) are one of the many professions...

More than 1,000 students, teachers, parents, and legislators will fill the State Capitol's South Steps to celebrate schools of all types and promote increased educational opportunities for Mississipians on Tuesday, Jan. 28. The huge celebration will...

Today, the State of California Auto Dismantlers Association (SCADA) is drawing public attention to the need to extend a highly effective DMV strike team program that was established to combat the underground economy of illegal auto dismantlers. This...

The former Governor of Puerto Rico, Ricardo Rosselló, signed Act 60?2019, commonly known as the Puerto Rico Incentives Code, into law on July 1, 2019, which came into effect on January 1, 2020. The Incentives Code consolidates various tax decrees,...

A recent decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) gives Cox Media Group ("CMG") a 60-day extension before it must reduce the publication schedule of its Ohio newspapers. This means the company can continue publishing the papers seven...

The Cree Nation of Eeyou Istchee welcomes the Quebec Court of Appeal's unanimous decision to dismiss Strateco Resources' appeal, in which it claimed $200M in damages as a result of Quebec's refusal to authorize the company's Matoush Project, an...

The Standing Committee on Social Policy will meet to consider Bill 141, An Act respecting registration of and access to defibrillators. The Committee intends to hold public hearings in Sudbury on Wednesday, January 29, and in Ottawa on Thursday,...

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published Staff Notice 21-327 Guidance on the Application of Securities Legislation to Entities Facilitating the Trading of Crypto Assets, to help these entities to determine situations where...

AARP praised the U.S. House of Representatives' vote today approving bipartisan legislation to combat age discrimination ? the "Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act" (POWADA) ? as the most important action yet in the long drive toward...

Starting today, new requirements of the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) come into force for most businesses in the fresh fruits or vegetables (FFV) sector that import, export or engage in interprovincial trade. The SFCR make Canada's food...