Legislative Topic: Small Businesses/Commerce

Stocks of Trump SPAC Digital World Acquisition Corp Soar After Social Media App Set to Launch Feb. 21

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Shares of the company which is taking former President Donald Trump’s social media platform public rose nearly 20 percent on Thursday after a listing on Apple’s app store showed an expected start date of Feb. 21—the U.S. Presidents’ Day holiday. Trump Media and Technology Group and Digital World Acquisition Corp., a Special Purpose Acquisition Vehicle (SPAC), announced in October that they would merge to … Continued

Trump Attorneys Move to Block Subpoenas in New York AG’s Civil Probe

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Attorneys for former President Donald Trump and two of his adult children moved late Monday to block “unprecedented and unconstitutional” subpoenas from the New York attorney general’s office seeking their testimony. In a court filing Monday evening, lawyers for Trump and his two eldest children, Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr.., attempted to quash the subpoenas from Attorney General Letitia … Continued

8 States to Raise Minimum Wage to $15

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Twenty-two states increased minimum wages for workers on Jan. 1, according to The Hill. In eight of those states, including California, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island, the raises are part of scheduled increases that will eventually reach minimums of $15-per-hour, CNN reports. The city of West Hollywood raised its minimum wage for some … Continued

Iowa Farmers Prepare for California’s Prop 12

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Hogs born Jan. 1, 2022, or later are subject to California’s Prop 12. Some Iowa agricultural leaders have criticized the law, which prohibits the sale of pork from hogs that are the offspring of sows that were raised in pens with less than 24 square feet of usable floorspace per pig. California accounts for about … Continued

Youngkin names Caren Merrick as commerce and trade secretary

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Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin on Tuesday tapped Caren Merrick, who works in venture capital and led Youngkin’s nonprofit focused on workforce training during the pandemic, to serve as Virginia’s next commerce and trade secretary. Merrick is the CEO of the Virginia Ready Initiative, which Youngkin co-founded in June 2020 to help out-of-work Virginians get credentials to … Continued

Trump Sues New York’s Attorney General, Accusing Her of Political Animus

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Former President Donald Trump on Dec. 20 sued New York Attorney General Letitia James, accusing her of targeting him with politically motivated prosecutions. The lawsuit (pdf), filed in federal court for the northern district of New York, seeks an order for James to cease or limit her office’s investigations into Trump. “For years, she has … Continued

San Francisco Apple store hit in smash-and-grab robbery

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Another smash-and-grab robbery in California targeted an Apple Store in San Francisco Wednesday with suspects snatching tens of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise. The theft happened in broad daylight by four young male suspects, according to CBS San Francisco, and was witnessed by customers and staff. The suspects, law enforcement say, grabbed more than … Continued

Unionized Workers Won’t Have to Get COVID-19 Vaccine, Automakers Decide

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A major union and three large automakers announced an agreement this week that includes not mandating COVID-19 vaccination. Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis are asking members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union to share whether they’ve had a shot, but are not requiring them to do so at this time, the four parties announced in … Continued

California smash-and-grabs blamed on decriminalization of theft

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The organized criminal ransacking of stores in California, a state where Democratic lawmakers have dramatically reduced penalties for shoplifting, is part of a nationwide epidemic that retailers say is adding to costs. Just days after high-end stores in the San Francisco Bay Area were targeted, a group of about 20 thieves smashed windows and looted … Continued

Christian Florist Barronelle Stutzman Just Settled a Lawsuit Filed Against Her — Without Compromising Her Religious Beliefs

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Barronelle Stutzman, a 77-year-old great-grandmother, loved arranging flowers for her customers. She serviced all kinds of customers without regard to what they did in their private lives. A man she called a “dear friend,” Rob Ingersoll, obviously knew this about her, and he knew she does not support homosexual “marriage.” Yet Ingersoll asked Stutzman to … Continued

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