All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 18 2015 // The Federal Reserve is on the verge of relinquishing the tools it used to rescue American International Group Inc. and Bear Stearns Cos. That probably won’t appease lawmakers who’ve said they’re still...
Nov 17 2015 // New Hampshire state lawmakers are expected to create a task force aimed at tackling New Hampshire’s substance abuse crisis when they return to Concord, New Hampshire, on Wednesday for a special session.If all goes...
Nov 17 2015 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance is hosting insurance regulators from Saudi Arabia and the Philippines as part of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) International Fellows Program.First...
Nov 17 2015 // Hustling to bring cars that drive themselves to a road near you, Google finds itself somewhere that has frustrated many before: Waiting on the California Department of Motor Vehicles.The tech titan wants the freedom to...
Nov 16 2015 // New Jersey’s Congressional delegation members sent a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), expressing “significant concerns with the methodology” of the Flood Insurance Rate Maps...
Nov 15 2015 // After the Mississippi River flooded four years ago, more than 100 Illinois families agreed — some reluctantly — to sell their homes to the government for demolition so they could move to higher ground.With the...
Nov 13 2015 // New Hampshire’s Republican lawmakers said they would rather create a legislative task force during a special session planned for next week to study some of Gov. Maggie Hassan’s proposals to combat the...
Nov 13 2015 // The New York state attorney general’s office, which told Peabody Energy this week to give investors more details about how its sales would suffer from measures to curb global warming, is now mulling whether the...
Nov 12 2015 // New York regulators are considering a host of cybersecurity requirements for banks and insurers and urged other state and federal authorities to collaborate on establishing a framework of defenses for the financial...
Nov 12 2015 // Kentucky’s mine-safety laws and regulations didn’t apply to a subcontract worker who died while installing a massive garage door on a building at a mine site in Muhlenberg County, the state’s Supreme...
Nov 12 2015 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has joined as the 55th jurisdiction internationally to be admitted as a signatory to the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) Multilateral Memorandum of...
Nov 11 2015 // Democratic leaders in the South Carolina Senate say they will introduce a bill to borrow $500 million to repair or replace roads and bridges damaged by last month’s catastrophic flooding.Senate Minority Leader Nikki...
Nov 10 2015 // Mayors of some of upstate New York’s largest cities have joined together to support Uber’s proposal to expand throughout the state.Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren, Binghamton Mayor Richard David and Syracuse...
Nov 10 2015 // General Motors Co. may be liable for punitive damages in lawsuits it faces over an ignition switch problem that prompted the recall of millions of vehicles last year, a U.S. judge said on Monday.The decision from U.S....
Nov 9 2015 // Kinsale Insurance Co. has launched a new law enforcement/police professional product. This is the initial product in Kinsale’s recently established Public Entity Division.Per Clay Rhoades, Kinsale vice president, law...
Nov 9 2015 // Apple Inc. persuaded a judge to throw out a lawsuit by employees of the company’s retail stores in California seeking back pay for time spent in “demoralizing” security searches when they left work for...
Nov 9 2015 // The multiyear transportation bill that passed the U.S. House this week parcels out a number of provisions on auto safety and environmental regulation sought by interest groups including automakers, dealers and safety...
Nov 5 2015 // Foreign business lobbies have asked China to substantially revise proposed cyber security regulations for the insurance industry, signaling a dispute that started with the publication of similar bank technology rules...
Nov 3 2015 // New York conservation officials are proposing regulations for establishing official state projections of rising sea levels.The Department of Environmental Conservation says the projections will reflect the best science...
Nov 3 2015 // A new law making it illegal to text and drive in Oklahoma has received plenty of attention, but it’s just one of more than 250 laws enacted on Nov. 1.People caught reading or writing texts or emails while driving...