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In a historic session that saw the passage of the largest state budget on record, Colorado lawmakers adjourned the 73rd General Assembly on May 11th on a productive note. Of the 650 pieces of legislation introduced at the capitol this year, 132 bills were passed by the legislature and acted on by the Governor, including the largest state budget on record with $36.4 billion appropriated for FY 2022-23.

The West Virginia Legislature commenced its 60-day regular session on Wednesday, January 12, 2022 and proceeded to introduce and advance legislation at breakneck speed. However, it was...

1:39 The First Regular Session of the 101st General Assembly of the State of Missouri has ended and there are some changes coming that will affect the business community. After several years of efforts, the Wayfair bill passed. Missouri became the last of the 45 states with a state-level sales tax to enact a law requiring the collection of sales taxes for online purchases. Considering the increased revenue for the state, the bill also includes a personal income tax reduction over a period of years. Cities and counties that currently have a use tax will not have to re-vote but those without a ...

The Arizona’s First Regular Session of the 55 th Legislature has been moving along at a pretty fast and steady pace. A total of 40 bills have already been sent to the Governor’s desk; and 32 of those have been signed into law with the remaining eight bills under consideration. These bills were fast tracked through the process because most of them were close to being sent to the Governor’s desk last session prior to COVID prematurely ending the session.  To fast track a bill, an identical bill (“mirror bill”) is introduced in both chambers and ran simultaneously with an agreement be...