A state budget that boosts education spending and borrows for energy, infrastructure and economic development projects easily passed the state Legislature on Friday and was signed into law by a visibly pleased Gov. Ed Rendell.

UPDATED 5/30, 8:45 AM After I wrote about Google’s spat with an advertising trade group over the company’s refusal to put a link to its privacy policy on the home page of Google.com, I discovered that there is actually a California law on the subject.

Designed to protect employee benefits, one law has been used by employers as a shield against suits.

During a weeklong campaign from June 23-29, state law enforcement agencies issued more than 4,500 citations to violators of the Move Over law and more than 10,000 warnings, which included Move Over violations and other offenses, the Florida Highway Patrol reported today.

Dying of cancer, Thomas Amschwand did everything he was told to make sure his wife would collect on the life insurance policy he had through his employer.