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Senate Panel to Hold Hearing on Suspected Chinese Hacking Incidents

Nov 19 2024 // A U.S. Senate Judiciary subcommittee overseeing technology issues will hold a hearing Tuesday on Chinese hacking incidents, including a recent incident involving American telecom companies.The hearing to be chaired by...

Trump Administration Seen as Likely to Dismantle ESG Rules

Nov 8 2024 // President-elect Donald Trump will likely move to dismantle ESG-related regulations in the US when he takes office in January.That would mean blocking Securities and Exchange Commission rules for corporate and fund...

Farm Bill Becomes Lightning Rod in Wisconsin Senate Race

Oct 30 2024 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde has repeatedly defended his self-professed lack of knowledge about the U.S. farm bill in the campaign’s closing days, after first saying in a...

Senate Democrats Seek to Reverse Supreme Court Curb on Regulatory Agency Power

Jul 25 2024 // Democratic U.S. senators on Tuesday introduced a bill designed to undo a ruling last month by the U.S. Supreme Court that curtailed the ability of federal agencies to issue regulations addressing issues including the...

Judge: Protestors Can’t March Through Security Zone at Republican National Convention

Jul 11 2024 // MADISON, Wis . (AP) — A federal judge ruled Monday that protesters can’t march through a security zone at the Republican National Convention, handing a defeat to liberals who had pushed to have closer access to...

New Jersey Democratic Power Broker Norcross Pleads Not Guilty to Racketeering

Jul 11 2024 // The New Jersey Democratic power broker charged with racketeering by the state attorney general pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges he threatened people whose properties he sought to take over and orchestrated tax...

Senate Hopeful Pushes Insurance Revamp During California ‘Gouging’

Jul 10 2024 // US Representative Adam Schiff, a California Democrat who’s running for the Senate, is vowing to take another shot at reining in soaring home insurance rates that he says are “gouging” his constituents.To...

Republican Senators’ FARMER Act Seeks to Boost Crop Insurance Coverage

Apr 24 2024 // Republican senators this month introduced legislation they say would increase support for crop insurance and make higher levels of coverage more affordable to farmers.Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D) proposed the Federal...

Republicans Weigh Rolling Back Anti-ESG Law They Passed

Apr 23 2024 // Lawmakers in Oklahoma are having second thoughts about anti-ESG legislation that limits which Wall Street banks local governments can do business with.A Republican-introduced bill that would narrow the scope of a state law...

Wisconsin Republicans Ignore Governor’s Call to Spend $125M to Combat PFAS

Apr 18 2024 // MADISON, Wis . (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans on Tuesday ignored the latest call from Democratic Gov. Tony Evers to spend $125 million to combat so-called forever chemicals, leading Evers to say he might sue over the...

US Senate Committee to Hold Hearing on Boeing Safety Culture Report

Apr 12 2024 // The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee said it would hold a hearing next week with members of an expert panel that released a report in February criticizing Boeing’s safety culture and calling for significant...

US Senate Votes to Reject Rule to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions on Highways

Apr 11 2024 // The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a resolution that would overturn a federal agency’s rule requiring states to measure and set declining targets for greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles using the national highway...

Kentucky Senate Votes to Expand Family Leave as Insurance Product

Apr 1 2024 // FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A bipartisan bill aimed at expanding access to paid family leave won final passage Thursday as Kentucky’s legislature shifted into overdrive before a two-week break.The Senate voted 36-0 to...

Causey Wins Primary for NC Commissioner. Democrat Blasts Him for Hearing Delay

Mar 8 2024 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey easily won the Republican primary for reelection to the post this week, but the Democratic nominee wasted little time in blasting Causey for postponing a rate hearing.State...

Republican-Led States Sue SEC Over Climate Risk Disclosure Rules

Mar 7 2024 // Ten Republican-led states have sued to challenge new federal rules that require U.S.-listed companies to report climate-related risks, a spokesperson for the West Virginia Attorney General’s Office said on Wednesday,...

Florida Senate Panel Advances Bill Making it a Felony to Expose Responders to Fentanyl

Feb 28 2024 // A Florida Senate committee on Tuesday approved an amended bill that could potentially reduce workers’ compensation costs for first responders in the state, people who are at increasing risk of exposure to accidental...

Georgia Senate Approves End to Direct-Action Suits vs. Truck Insurers

Feb 15 2024 // ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia senators are moving to limit the ability of people to sue insurance companies directly in lawsuits over trucking accidents.The Senate voted 46-2 on Tuesday to pass Senate Bill 426, sending it the...

‘My Safe Florida Condo,’ Pet Insurance Bills Passed by Senate Committee

Feb 7 2024 // First came the My Safe Florida Home program, providing matching grants to homeowners who fortify their homes against wind damage in exchange for premium discounts. Seeing the popularity and effectiveness of that program,...

Florida Senate Committee Adopts Litigation Funding Rules; Expands Wrongful Death

Jan 23 2024 // Litigation financing could soon become more transparent and less influential in Florida, but a 34-year-old restriction on who can file medical malpractice wrongful death claims would be expanded under bills approved Monday...

Fla. Senate Panel Votes to Raise Citizens’ Policy Cap to $1M, End Glidepath for Some

Jan 17 2024 // The Florida Senate’s Banking and Insurance Committee on Tuesday approved a bill that would make the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. more like an insurer of last resort, unrestricted by premium caps –...