A new report released on Sunday from the Bay Area Council Economic Institute (BACEI) shows that federal health care reform will add tens of thousands of jobs to the California economy, contradicting a number of reports that the law will hurt economic growth. The report comes as the state announced the latest budget gap, continuing [...]
Mississippi Governor Bryant signed several new laws this morning designed to change the way workers are allowed to seek compensation if they are hurt on the job and give more tax credits to businesses. The three bills will go into effect on July 1 of this year.
During opening remarks at the SALT Conference this morning, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval announced his first international trade mission to China set to take place later this year. He also highlighted his plan to make Nevada the most business friendly state in the US. In addition, the state just struck a deal with internet retailer [...]
Supervisor Christopher P. St. Lawrence and the Ramapo Town Board today launched “The Ramapo Jobs Connector,” which is a new online jobs platform powered by TweetMyJobs. “The Ramapo Jobs Connector” will assist local job seekers in the Town of Ramapo and throughout Rockland County by offering an user-friendly online tool to facilitate their search for [...]
Maryland is likely to become the first state to ban employers from requesting the user names and passwords of social media accounts for potential new hires. The bill follows a public uproar after a jobseeker spoke of the request by a potential employer igniting a controversy about privacy and the limits of what can be [...]
Utah is now accepting gold and silver as legal tender for transactions and to settle debts according to a bill recently signed into law by Governor Gary R. Herbert. Several other states have proposed similar measures in the wake of the monetary policies of the Federal Reserve and the decreasing value of paper money.
New data from the US Census and the Rockerfeller Institute of Government shows that state tax revenues are began to recover in 2011, taking some pressure off of historically tight state budgets. However, overall tax collections are still 2.1% below peak levels. Many states are pushing for ways to increase revenue as persistent unemployment increases [...]
Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy has announced a new program designed to promote job creation by providing incentives to employers that hire unemployed jobseekers. 45 small businesses are already participating in the program throughout the state of Connecticut. The program – the Subsidized Training and Employment Program (STEP UP) provides two types of hiring incentives [...]
On Tuesday, a Michigan judge ordered that authority be returned to the Mayor and City Council of Flint, Michigan stalling the test case of Michigan Governor Rick Snyder’s plan to replace municipal leaders with corporate financial managers in cities and towns that are failing economically. The order issued by Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie [...]
Municipal wifi networks in states across the nation are under attack as they try to move forward. A new bill in Minnesota would limit the ability of cities in the state to move forward on their own broadband networks. A Georgia bill with similar restrictions, however, has been shelved despite support from Republicans in the [...]
