The city fire department is still trying to figure out what led to a firefighter's deadly fall in Queens. Taxes for electric vehicle charging stations take effect in Montana and Utah, though Montana’s tax will initially apply only to new stations.įollowing years of litigation and changes, Washington will become the first state to deduct a tax from workers’ paychecks to fund a mandatory long-term care insurance program for residents who can’t live independently due to illness, injury or aging-related conditions.Īssociated Press reporters across the U.S. Motorists will face higher gas taxes in more than a half-dozen states, including Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri and Virginia. But a temporary exemption from a 1% grocery sales tax will end in Illinois. The sales tax rate will drop in South Dakota and New Mexico. Taxes will be rising in some states and falling in others. Similar laws are already in effect in Louisiana and Utah but face legal challenges in both states. Mississippi and Virginia will begin requiring pornography websites to verify that users are 18 or older in a move that supporters say will help protect children from sexually explicit material. The Florida law also requires hospitals participating in Medicaid to ask patients if they are citizens and requires companies with 25 or more employees to check work eligibility or else face the loss of business licenses and fines of $1,000 per day per employee. Nineteen states and the District of Columbia now have such laws laws.īy contrast, a new Florida law voids driver’s licenses issued by other states to people in the country illegally. Similar programs have been enacted in Washington, D.C., and California, but they aren’t operational.Ī new Massachusetts law will allow people in the country illegally to apply for a state driver’s license.
A legislative compromise passed this session funds 12 years worth of investments up front, using about $390 million of surplus from restructuring the state teachers’ retirement fund. Connecticut was the first state to pass baby bonds legislation in 2021, but its launch was delayed because of a funding dispute.
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