On June 30, 2025, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two budget trailer bills—AB 130 and SB 131—that together work major changes both to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and California housing law. Because these bills were…
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/ Environmental Law, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
This past legislative session, Colorado legislators passed a bill making changes to the state’s citizen ballot initiative process.
House Bill 25-1327 (Modify Statewide Ballot Measure Process), sponsored by Reps. Emily…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Elections & Politics
On July 3, the House adopted the Senate substitute to H.R. 1, the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) by a vote of 218-214. The bill was signed into law on July 4, 2025 and is now Public Law 119-21…
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/ Elections & Politics, Taxation
On July 7, President Trump began sending letters to select U.S. trading partners informing them of new “reciprocal” tariff rates that will be effective Aug. 1. These letters update the rates that the recipient country was…
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/ International Law & Trade
With the signature of President Trump’s marquee domestic policy bill—H.R.1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act—the federal approach to the Medicaid program is poised to change significantly. How Colorado’s political leaders treat…
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/ Elections & Politics, Health, Immigration Law
On July 4, President Donald Trump signed into law the Republican budget reconciliation package, also referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Act. The legislation enacts sweeping changes to tax, immigration, energy,…
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/ Health, Immigration Law, Taxation
Congress has passed the budget reconciliation package known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill” (H.R.1) without the controversial moratorium on state and local artificial intelligence (AI) laws originally included in the House…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Science, Computers, & Technology
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has made no secret of his disdain for television advertisements for prescription drugs. As a presidential candidate, he promised to ban those ads by…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Constitutional Law, Health
In a June 11 memorandum to all division employees, the assistant attorney general for the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Division promulgated a new list of enforcement policies with the stated purpose of advancing the Trump…
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/ Civil Rights, Health, Immigration Law
On June 30, President Donald Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum (“the Memorandum”) titled “Simplifying the Funding of Energy Infrastructure and Critical Mineral and Material Projects.” The Memorandum aims to streamline the…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
Back in February, a limited liability company filed a lawsuit against the five companies licensed to operate online sports betting in the District of Columbia (“District” or “D.C.”). The case invokes an old section of the D.C…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Civil Remedies, Constitutional Law
With their decision in the consolidated cases of Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers’ Research and SHLB Coalition v. Consumers’ Research, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Universal…
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/ Administrative Law, Communications & Media Law, Constitutional Law
On June 28, the Senate voted 51-49 on the motion to proceed with debate on a revised version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) (H.R. 1), triggering a statutorily required 20 hours of debate divided equally between the…
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/ Elections & Politics, Health, Taxation
During the Nevada Legislature’s regular 2025 session, state lawmakers considered a total of 601 Assembly Bills (“AB”), 508 Senate Bills (“SB”), and 28 joint resolutions, with much of the action occurring during the last week of…
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/ Environmental Law, Real Estate - Commercial, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
Senate Finance Tax Title Goes Through ‘Byrd Bath’: Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth McDonough has initiated the Byrd Bath process for the Senate Finance Committee’s (SFC) tax title within the reconciliation package. Senate…
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/ Energy & Utilities, International Law & Trade, Taxation
