All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 7 2010 // West Virginia is mulling a new state agency dedicated to policing dangerous coal mines in response to an explosion that killed 29 men at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch mine. The state Board of Coal Mine Health and...
May 6 2010 // Louisiana will borrow $320 million next year for state construction projects, far less than needed to fulfill the billions of dollars in requests from lawmakers and state agencies, the governor’s top budget adviser...
May 6 2010 // Vermont lawmakers want to put an S-T-O-P to drivers who text. Under a deal reached Tuesday between lawmakers, texting by drivers of any age will be banned, starting this summer. And the bill that says so goes a step...
May 6 2010 // Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson admitted on Thursday the United States was ill-prepared for the financial crisis that struck in 2008 and said he had not foreseen the depth of mortgage-related problems.The...
May 6 2010 // The U.S. Senate’s debate on Wall Street reform shifted Thursday to a running battle over consumer protection and an impending challenge to Federal Reserve secrecy, with small banks also scoring a win.In the second...
May 5 2010 // The Louisiana Legislature won’t be meddling any further this session in a workers’ compensation dispute between NFL players and the New Orleans Saints.The Saints had been pushing a bill to lessen its...
May 5 2010 // Democrats fought to push their Wall Street reform forward in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, slating more votes despite Republican resistance on a bill that is expected to pass within weeks.The chief negotiators for both...
May 5 2010 // A student who says he was falsely accused of rape by a Brown University classmate can move forward with his lawsuit against the Ivy League school, a federal judge ruled.William McCormick III filed a federal lawsuit that...
May 4 2010 // Connecticut lawmakers have approved a bill imposing extra taxes on bonuses paid to state employees of investment banks and insurers that received federal bailout aid during the economic crisis.The House of Representatives...
May 4 2010 // California’s Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) has appointed Bickmore Risk Services and Consulting as conservator for the Contractor’s Access Program of California (CAP), which is a self-insured group...
May 3 2010 // In a ruling that’s being closely watched by some insurers, a Thurston County, Wash., judge has affirmed that the state insurance commissioner may hold an insurance company liable for the actions of the...
May 3 2010 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson that Lynette Baker, a division chief of the Department’s Market Conduct Division, has received the Paul L. DeAngelo Memorial Teaching Award. This award, given by...
May 3 2010 // On the final day of this legislative session, Florida lawmakers passed omnibus legislation that aims to bring more control over homeowners insurance costs, raises the state’s minimum capital requirements for...
May 3 2010 // An Erie County, Pennsylvania judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by the guardian of a 12-year-old girl who claimed the girl was burned and traumatized when a convenience store clerk allegedly aimed a hand-held price...
May 3 2010 // A lease agreement to buy insurance for a landlord trumps a state law that prohibits property owners from requiring tenants to indemnify landlords for their own negligence, Massachusetts highest court ruled.The decision...
May 3 2010 // A judge in Austin has blocked regulators from posting on the Texas Department of Insurance Web site certain documents on two rate filings by State Farm Insurance Cos. that would increase homeowners insurance premiums for...
Apr 30 2010 // The California Office of Self-Insured Plans is revoking the certificate of the Contractors Access Program of California (CAP), a self-insured group of contractors, as requested by the group.According to OSIP spokeswoman...
Apr 29 2010 // A three-day U.S. Senate standoff over efforts to overhaul financial regulation ended on Wednesday as Republicans dropped efforts to block a Democratic bill in exchange for a handful of concessions.A deal to proceed came...
Apr 29 2010 // A spokeswoman says Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is expected to sign legislation that would make it tougher for San Antonio-based Biglari Holdings Inc. to take over a west Michigan insurance company.The legislation given...
Apr 29 2010 // A federal judge in Louisiana has ordered a manufacturer of faulty drywall from China to pay more than $164,000 to a Louisiana family as result of damage to their home from the wallboard.The ruling is the second time in...