All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 26 2015 // A dashboard video showing a state trooper narrowly avoiding a head-on collision with a driver who was using a cellphone wasn’t enough to sway an Arkansas House committee that tougher laws are needed.The Public...
Feb 26 2015 // Alaska has become the third U.S. state to legalize marijuana. But the historic day passed with little public acknowledgement in a state with a savvy marijuana culture that has seen varying degrees of legal acceptance of...
Feb 26 2015 // Canada’s new rail safety legislation would make it possible for governments to recover costs from railways for any fire they cause, not just accidents that involve crude oil, said Transport Canada, a change that...
Feb 25 2015 // The Oklahoma House has overwhelmingly approved restrictions on texting while driving, despite concerns among the measure’s strongest supporters that they don’t go far enough.House members voted 96-2 for the...
Feb 25 2015 // The first portfolio insurance company (PIC) has been formed in the Cayman Islands, as a direct result of new insurance regulations Cayman enacted in January to provide risk management alternatives for insurers incorporated...
Feb 23 2015 // If a worker in New Hampshire gets hurt on the job, an anesthetic injection can cost $763 under a workers’ compensation claim, compared to $298 for non-work related injuries. Surgical treatment for tendinitis in the...
Feb 23 2015 // Back in her high school days, my daughter got to be a pretty darned good field hockey player, eventually became the captain of her team. But in her sophomore year, Regina was still locked in a competition with another...
Feb 23 2015 // Georgia legislators have filed bills to force companies such as Uber to conduct more rigorous background checks on their drivers and raising liability insurance minimums for passengers.Uber spokesman Taylor Bennett said...
Feb 23 2015 // President Barack Obama’s recommendation to spend $5 million next year on an early earthquake warning system for the West Coast represents a significant breakthrough, congressional supporters of the project...
Feb 23 2015 // A New Mexico lawmaker has introduced a bill to reduce workers’ compensation in cases when an employee’s death or injury results from being drunk or high on the job. Republican Rep. Dennis Roch of Logan said...
Feb 23 2015 // Most California drivers would pay an extra $52 a year under a proposal to raise $2 billion a year to fix the state’s crumbling roads, bridges and highways.Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins’ proposal released in...
Feb 23 2015 // A committee of regulators led by California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones is working on standards on ridesharing that departments of insurance in states across the U.S. can look to as an example.Whether the National...
Feb 22 2015 // A Texas lawmaker says thousands of coastal residents could lose their windstorm insurance coverage if the Legislature doesn’t extend a program that provides waivers for those who have been nonrenewed for coverage by...
Feb 20 2015 // Rural Nevada lawmakers are proposing a bill that would improve liability protections for horse-related accidents and injuries.Sen. Pete Goicoechea and Assemblyman John Ellison introduced SB 129 to the Senate Committee on...
Feb 19 2015 // A key lawmaker said talks she’s leading among taxi firms, rideshare companies such as Uber and insurers on an updated law regulating the new and growing rideshare industry are progressing.Rep. Karen Fann, chair of...
Feb 19 2015 // Officials are considering new water restrictions as California’s drought drags on, possibly forcing residents to ask for water at restaurants and for fresh towels and sheets at hotels.The State Water Resources...
Feb 18 2015 // The Columbia, Mo., City Council has approved new regulations for ride-booking services such as Uber and Lyft that include insurance requirements.The regulations approved require ride-booking services to get business...
Feb 18 2015 // A judge said on Tuesday that if General Motors Co is found to have violated car owners’ constitutional rights by hiding ignition-switch defects during its bankruptcy, he would consider narrowing the legal protections...
Feb 17 2015 // Reinstating Arkansas’ voter ID law, imposing new restrictions on lawsuit damages and eliminating the lieutenant governor’s office are among the dozens of ideas lawmakers would like to put on the ballot in...
Feb 17 2015 // The Missouri Department of Insurance announced it recovered approximately $11.7 million for consumers who filed complaints against their insurance companies and an additional $12.7 million for Missourians through...