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Virginia’s ‘tech tax’ ignites debate on business taxes
April 30, 2024 | News, FinanceMany states are extending sales tax to digital services, but the Virginia Senate’s attempt to expand it to cover business-to-business transactions raised eyebrows.
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State-level conservation action sparks hope for nature
| News, ManagementCOMMENTARY | Spurred by strong local support and successful conservation ballot initiatives, elected leaders are collectively building a menu of policies that could turn the tide of nature loss.
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This state’s ‘unsexy’ AI policy takes transparency to the next level
| News, Emerging TechFrom AI “nutrition labels” to keeping an inventory of artificial intelligence tools, Connecticut is embracing sweeping rules that would “talk to people about why we're using it, how we're using it.”
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States rethink data centers as ‘electricity hogs’ strain the grid
| News, InfrastructureWorries are rising over what data centers mean for demand, renewable energy goals.
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US long-term care costs are sky-high, but one state’s plan to help pay for them could be nixed
| News, FinanceCOMMENTARY | Washington state's WA Cares Fund collects a 0.58% tax out of residents’ paychecks to fund a new long-term care social insurance program. It’s not clear, however, whether the state’s strategy is going to work out.
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The role state and local governments can play in supporting safe workplaces
April 29, 2024 | News, WorkforceCOMMENTARY | Extreme heat and new technologies have created less obvious but equally potent new dangers in workplaces. More state and local action can address ongoing and new threats.
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States take aim at local basic income programs
| News, FinanceThe no-string-attached cash assistance initiatives have become the target of some state policymakers who claim the programs are a misuse of public funds.
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How states can take a ‘quantum’ leap in economic development
| News, Emerging TechGovernments are eyeing quantum technology as a way to boost jobs and their economies. But adopting the hard to understand technology, one expert says, will require educating and upskilling your workforce.
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Republican attorneys general mount a new attack on the EPA’s use of civil rights law
| News, ManagementTwenty-three states want the Biden administration's EPA to curtail its approach to environmental justice.
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State legislators are taking the maternal mortality crisis into their own hands
| News, ManagementState lawmakers—many of whom are women—are establishing new committees to study and investigate investigating pregnancy-related deaths, their causes and prevention.