ATLANTA, Georgia, June 13 -- Fisher Phillips, a law firm, issued the following insight on June 12, 2026: * * * Employer Cheat Sheet for Workplace Laws Taking Effect July 1, 2026 Most employers are prepared for new laws at the start of each year - but did you know that a heap of new workplace laws take effect at the halfway point? Here's your employer cheat sheet to prepare for all the new laws taking effect in July 2026 (July 1, unless otherwise noted). NOTE: This list should not be relied u  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * 7 Ways El Nino and Large Marine Heatwave Could Affect West Coast Marine Species Dual influences may shift fisheries, could signal hard times for salmon. - A large marine heatwave has bathed parts of the West Coast in very warm ocean waters over the past year, breaking temperature records in the Pacific. NOAA has also announced that El Nino has developed in   more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on June 12, 2026: * * * Chairman Cassidy, Scott Expands Oversight into Unemployment Insurance Fraud, Democrats' Failure to Protect American Families' Tax Dollars U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Tim Scott (R-SC) slammed liberal governors Kathy Hoc  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, June 12 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * Toxic algal blooms linked to deaths of recently stranded humpback whales * Press Inquiries Press Contact Mike Pena mivpena@ucsc.edu (831) 459-4352 Key takeaways * These strandings coincide with reports of historically high concentrations of domoic acid-producing algae along the central California coast, which researchers note is causing broad impacts on regional ma  more