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States Look to Limit Drug Company Gifts to Doctors
September 2010
States Look to Limit Drug Company Gifts to Doctors, March 2008
Pharmaceutical companies spend an estimated $30 billion annually marketing their products, around $7 billion of which is aimed directly at doctors. To date, only a handful of states require drug makers to reveal how much in gifts, meals, travel and other valuable perks they [click on title to continue reading...]
Will Immigration Crackdown Have Business Backlash?
September 2010
Will Immigration Crackdown Have Business Backlash?, February 2008
Just barely a month after taking effect, strict new laws in OKLAHOMA and ARIZONA against hiring illegal immigrants appear to be achieving their goal of driving undocumented workers out of those states. But while the exodus has anti-immigration advocates celebrating, state and national business interests say the [click on title to continue reading...]
States Consider Paid Sick Leave
September 2010
States Consider Paid Sick Leave, July 2008
While getting sick is never any fun, for most Americans illness is simply an inconvenience that means taking a few paid days off from work until they feel well enough to get back on the job. But for almost half of the U.S. workforce, nearly 60 million people, [click on title to continue reading...]
High Noon for Real ID?
September 2010
High Noon for Real ID?, February 2007
States’ anger over the federal Real ID Act — the mandate for states to adopt by 2008 uniform, tamper-proof driver’s licenses and ID cards as a hedge against terrorism — has been on a low simmer ever since Congress passed the provision in 2005. But that simmer has turned [click on title to continue reading...]