All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 7 2015 // Bike safety advocates are celebrating a new law in Maine that they say will make the roads safer for bikers and pedestrians.Brian Allenby of the Bicycle Coalition of Maine tells the Maine Public Broadcasting Network that...
Jul 7 2015 // When it comes to dashboard displays that are more like smart phones, two things are clear: Customers want them, and automakers are intent on supplying them.But are they really a good idea? Car companies answer with an...
Jul 7 2015 // A list, compiled by the ACE European Group, sets out the “new wave of interrelated, fast-changing risks, reflecting rapid changes in the global economic landscape and the increasing role of technology and...
Jul 6 2015 // New York lawmakers have passed a bill that would require new smoke detectors contain 10-year non-removable batteries.The bill, which would take effect in 2017, would make it illegal to sell smoke detectors with replaceable...
Jul 6 2015 // An Ohio court says the parents of a firefighter killed seven years ago can sue the maker of an emergency radio and the homeowners growing marijuana in the basement where a fire started.Colerain Township Fire Department...
Jul 6 2015 // A motorist can be charged and convicted of driving under the influence for being in control of a vehicle after inhaling aerosol propellants, the Montana Supreme Court has ruled.The 5-0 decision in June rejected a Butte...
Jul 6 2015 // Below is a summary of Tennessee legislation that pertains to insurance enacted in 2015.Public Chapter 152 – Enacts the “Protection of Volunteer-Insured Drivers of the Elderly (PROVIDE) Act.” Grants...
Jul 6 2015 // Uber is staying in South Carolina. After the transportation network company (TNC) was halted by the state’s Public Service Commission in January and then granted a temporary license through June 30, South Carolina...
Jul 6 2015 // Moped owners may have a new item on their to-do lists in 2016 after getting their small-engine bikes registered with the state starting in July.The General Assembly gave its final approval in June to legislation requiring...
Jul 6 2015 // The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has long been the dominant player in the U.S. flood insurance market, providing subsidized flood insurance based on actuarially unsound rates for millions of property owners, in...
Jul 5 2015 // Aetna Inc.’s $37 billion deal to buy smaller health insurer Humana Inc. will face rigorous scrutiny from U.S. regulators, which antitrust experts said could also make other large-scale mergers in the sector more...
Jul 2 2015 // Staff and drivers for ride-hailing company Uber gathered outside City Hall on Tuesday, June 30, to protest legislation that would put limits on for-hire vehicles while the city conducts a study on whether the sharp growth...
Jul 2 2015 // They boost their teams from the sidelines and promote them by appearing in calendars and at fan events, but some sports cheerleaders say they are still not considered team employees and are paid what amounts to less than...
Jul 2 2015 // Uber is staying in South Carolina. After the transportation network company (TNC) was halted by the state’s Public Service Commission in January and then granted a temporary license through June 30, South Carolina...
Jun 30 2015 // The New Mexico Court of Appeals has cleared the way for farm and ranch laborers to receive workers’ compensation benefits.In a ruling issued this week, the court declared unconstitutional a provision in state law...
Jun 30 2015 // A judge will let federal prosecutors keep working on a criminal case over a chemical spill last year in West Virginia, shooting down arguments that prosecutors should be recused from the case because they were among the...
Jun 26 2015 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the tax subsidies for health insureds across the country including those in states without their own health exchanges that use the federal health insurance exchange. The following...
Jun 26 2015 // Construction of a ring levee that’s related to a Red River diversion project around the Fargo and Moorhead, Minn., area must remain on hold, a federal judge from Minnesota has ruled.U.S. District Judge John Tunheim...
Jun 26 2015 // The U.S. Supreme Court may have written the most consequential words in the history of gay rights with its recognition of same-sex marriage. But those words won’t be the last.While same-sex marriage was already legal...
Jun 26 2015 // Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration said Thursday that it will withdraw its application to take over some functions of the insurance marketplace created under the 2010 federal health care law now that the...