How State Law Briefing Is Made
We use AI heavily, and we verify everything. Both halves of that sentence matter, so here’s exactly how this publication works.
The short version
AI does the reading; humans decide what gets published. Every figure on this site (every wage rate, effective date, penalty amount, and statute citation) is verified against a primary source: the statute itself, the legislature’s site, or the enforcing agency’s official page. If we can’t confirm something against a primary source, we either say so explicitly or leave it out.
What the AI does
Research at a scale one person couldn’t sustain: reading legislative sites and agency pages across every state we cover, cross-checking figures against primary sources, tracking effective dates and amendments, and drafting the plain-English explanations you read here. AI is why a small publication can check the statute behind every claim instead of citing someone else’s summary.
What humans do
Every post is reviewed by a person before it publishes, for accuracy, clarity, and tone. When an official source blocks automated access, a person retrieves the document by hand and files it as evidence. Review changes things: drafts are edited, reframed, and sometimes rejected. Nothing goes out on autopilot.
The rules we don’t break
- Primary sources confirm every figure. Law-firm summaries and news reports help us find things; only statutes, legislatures, and agencies confirm them.
- Verification dates are real.The “verified as of” line on our posts and trackers reflects an actual check on that date, never a timestamp bump.
- Uncertainty is labeled.Where a rule rests on agency interpretation rather than statutory text, we say so. Where we couldn’t verify something, we tell you or omit it.
- Information, not advice.We publish legal information, not legal advice. We’ll tell you what a law says and when it took effect, never what your organization should do about it. That’s a job for a licensed attorney who knows your situation.
Check our work
Sources are linked in every post so you can verify anything we publish. If you find an error, email hello@statelawbriefing.comand we’ll check it against the primary source, fix it if we’re wrong, and note the correction on the page.
Last updated August 2026.