Laws

New laws taking effect in 2025 include restrictions on AI, age limits for social media use and minimum wage increases in 20 states.

In many states, minimum wage workers will see a pay raise in January.

A bill that would expand the scope of certain sexual offenses under Massachusetts law perpetrated by a health care provider or a member of the clergy is making its way through Beacon Hill. The bill also would add rape of a patient or client by a health care provider, indecent assault and battery on vulnerable persons in law enforcement custody,…

Pregnant workers have the right to a wide range of accommodations under new federal regulations for enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.

Laws that went into effect on Jan. 1 include the first state tax cut in more than 20 years.

New laws targeting LGBTQ+ people are proliferating in GOP-led states, but the conversations often lack a clear understanding of how many people will be directly affected.