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HOT TOPICS

Vital Signs: Which Legislative Bills are Dead, Alive
April 9 was the deadline to vote bills out of committee, with some exceptions, and now several bills are considered "dead." ORLA's government affairs team is focusing on legislation that still has potential to affect our hospitality industry.

PERS Solutions for Public Services
The Legislature is proposing a $2 billion new tax on businesses, part of a package of business tax and fee increases totaling $5.67 billion lawmakers are trying to enact this session, without addressing the huge PERS pension debt drain on public budgets. A new effort, PERS Solutions for Public Services, is working to advance cost-sharing reforms to the state’s pension system that reduce the taxpayer impact of PERS on public services and ensure competitive retirement benefits and working conditions for public workers.