All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 25 2013 // At a Cypriot pawnbroker, one of the few growth industries in Europe’s debt-ridden south, someone had vented the anger of an island: “Thieves” was scrawled across the window, in bright red paint.The...
Mar 25 2013 // Leadership at a statewide association of independent agents in Oklahoma has issued statements publicly supporting workers’ compensation system reform legislation.Dan Ramsey, president and CEO of the Independent...
Mar 25 2013 // Lawmakers return to the Capitol on Monday with two days remaining to pass legislation intended to shore up Kentucky’s pension plans for state and local government retirees.Restoring solvency to the pension system,...
Mar 25 2013 // Businesses and workers-rights advocates are fighting over a bill that would set uniform state standards for employees who say they haven’t been paid their full wages to seek compensation.The bill would require...
Mar 25 2013 // A top Senate Republican wants to roll back fees now charged to Floridians to renew their driver’s license and car tags. Sen. Joe Negron, R-Stuart and Senate budget chief, said he will unveil a bill this week that...
Mar 25 2013 // Eight months before President Barack Obama’s health care law goes prime time, a confederation of industry and business groups is ramping up its lobbying apparatus for an 11th-hour assault on the web of new taxes and...
Mar 25 2013 // A Florida district court judge’s ruling that declared unconstitutional a 104-week limitation on injured workers’ temporary benefits left insurers and employers scrambling to come up with a legislative...
Mar 25 2013 // U.S. farm groups are looking for a formula to lower crop subsidy spending dramatically ahead of new congressional demands for cuts in a farm bill now costing $10 billion more than planned. The cuts could be larger than the...
Mar 22 2013 // A handful of bills proposed in Oregon could hit consumers with nearly $200 million in cost increases and yield a rash of lawsuits, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, which is urging Oregon...
Mar 22 2013 // An Oklahoma House committee has approved a proposal that its sponsor said would help protect Oklahomans from what he called subpar roofing “vultures” that swoop into the state after severe weather to take...
Mar 22 2013 // A Florida circuit court judge has issued a temporary injunction against certain provisions of the state’s no-fault personal injury protection (PIP) law, ruling that it is no longer a “reasonable...
Mar 22 2013 // Ohio employers are collectively owed $860 million after being overcharged for nearly a decade by the state insurance fund for injured workers, a Cleveland judge has ruled.Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Richard...
Mar 22 2013 // A decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that Mississippi’s $1 million cap on non-economic damages arising from civil litigation does not violate the state constitution’s separation of powers clause...
Mar 21 2013 // The Illinois House has rejected a measure that would require $1 million in liability insurance for people carrying concealed weapons.Lawmakers voted 34-74 against Rep. Kenneth Dunkin’s plan. It was among seven...
Mar 21 2013 // A state Senate health committee recommended this week that the state suspend the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation’s power to set rates for insurers under the Affordable Care Act and instead let the federal...
Mar 20 2013 // A judge has issued an order blocking a newspaper’s request for documents about the resignation of the police chief in southeast Missouri.Perryville Police Chief Keith Tarrillion submitted his resignation last week...
Mar 20 2013 // Texas lawmakers are seeking to rein in lenders who finance lawsuits.Under a bill considered in the Texas House Committee on the Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence, the lenders would have to abide by regulations that already...
Mar 20 2013 // In an apparent first in Florida law, a state appeals court ruled this week that posting threats on one’s personal Facebook page can be prosecuted under state law.The 1st District Court of Appeal decided in a criminal...
Mar 19 2013 // Michigan’s office dealing with financial and insurance regulation has been elevated to department status. The Department of Insurance and Financial Services aims to provide greater focus on the tasks currently being...
Mar 19 2013 // A federal judge has struck down a Missouri law exempting moral objectors from mandatory birth control coverage because it conflicts with an insurance requirement under President Barrack Obama’s health care law.The...