Across the country, housing costs are steadily rising due to the growing shortage of homes available to sell or rent. With new leadership in key House and Senate committees and provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act set to…
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/ Real Estate - Residential, Taxation, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
On April 17, 2025, Speaker Jon Burns announced the formation of three new House study committees that will investigate pressing policy issues in Georgia. These committees build upon resolutions introduced during the 2025 session…
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/ Elections & Politics, Health, Insurance
As both chambers of Congress worked to pass their versions of the budget resolution, tax writers on the House Ways and Means Committee and Senate Finance Committee, along with their respective leadership, had to decide whether…
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/ Elections & Politics, Finance & Banking, Taxation
On April 2, 2025, and April 8, 2025, respectively, the Senate’s special subcommittee and House emergency committee met to receive updates on how federal layoffs and budget reductions are impacting Virginia’s residents and state…
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/ Elections & Politics, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law
Many individuals do not think about how the Medicaid program affects older adults. Rather, Medicare and Social Security are at the top of the list. While these programs support seniors, Medicaid also plays a crucial role,…
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/ Health
House Bill 1601/Senate Bill 1449 – Requires Virginia localities to have any application for a rezoning, special exception, or special use permit from a High Energy Use Facility (HEUF) (which is defined as a facility that will…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
This is part five in a series of executive orders related to health care.
Trump Recission of Biden Administration Executive Orders -
Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA)..…
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/ Administrative Law, Health
On Feb. 4, 2025, Virginia Speaker of the House Don Scott announced the creation of short-term emergency committee to address federal program cuts and layoffs. On March 8, 2025, Senate Finance and Appropriations Chairwoman Louise…
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/ Administrative Law, Elections & Politics, Government Contracting
On March 14, 2025, President Trump rescinded a number of Biden-era executive orders (EOs), two of which are health related.
Executive Order 13994 (2021): The Ensuring a Data Driven Response to COVID-19 and Future…
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On March 12, 2025, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) announced it was ending four Biden administration payment models early. No reason was provided other than the changes were to “align its statutory mandate…
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/ Administrative Law, Health
On March 10, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a rule that in many respects reverts to pre-Biden administration rules and definitions for health care marketplaces across the country. The…
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/ Administrative Law, Health
Price Transparency -
Actions to Make Health Care Prices Transparent -
Feb. 25, 2025 -
This Executive Order is designed to reinforce actions in the previous Trump administration to achieve health care price…
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/ Administrative Law, Health
On Feb. 19, 2025, Gov. J.B. Pritzker gave his annual State of the State and budget address. He outlined priorities for the state of Illinois in fiscal year 2026 while highlighting the state’s fiscal successes under his…
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/ Elections & Politics, Health, Taxation
Public Health -
Withdrawing from the World Health Organization (WHO)..…
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/ Administrative Law, Education Law, Health
This is part two of a series of executive orders related to health care.
Abortion and Reproductive Healthcare -
Enforcing the Hyde Amendment..…
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/ Administrative Law, Health
