All the headlines from our Politics Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 25 2022 // Maine’s Senate voted Wednesday to advance a proposed amendment to the state Constitution that would prohibit discrimination based on gender, although it will require further votes.The 22-12 vote keeps the proposal...
Feb 24 2022 // A Florida Senate committee wasted little time Wednesday in approving a bill that would require more frequent inspections of condominiums statewide – one of the first pieces of legislation to come out of the rubble of the...
Feb 11 2022 // The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a bill that would ban companies from forcing employees who allege sexual assault or harassment to settle their claims with an arbiter without the option of filing a lawsuit.The bill,...
Feb 10 2022 // The Florida Senate appears to have put an end to a bill that would have allowed parents of adult children to sue for damages in medical malpractice cases.The Senate Judiciary Committee last week effectively shelved...
Feb 9 2022 // A bill aimed at addressing the increasing costs of prescription drugs is scheduled to come up for a vote in the Massachusetts Senate this week.The legislation would establish a process for identifying drug price thresholds...
Feb 4 2022 // The Florida Senate is trying again to repeal the state’s no-fault auto insurance requirement with a bill that major insurers oppose and which the governor vetoed last year.By a vote of 10-1, the Senate Banking and...
Feb 3 2022 // Legislation headed to the Idaho Senate on Monday to extend a legal shield for Idaho businesses, schools and government entities from lawsuits if someone catches COVID-19.The House voted 70-0 to approve the measure that for...
Feb 2 2022 // It came later than some had expected, but Florida’s Senate Banking and Insurance Committee on Wednesday passed a much-anticipated bill that aims to close gaps left by last year’s insurance reform...
Feb 1 2022 // Florida property/casualty insurers would have to produce claims histories that go back only three years instead of five when requested by policyholders, under a bill passed last week by the state Senate.Senate Bill 156,...
Jan 24 2022 // The head of one of the larger property insurance companies in Florida said Friday that without a doubling of some of its rates, it will be forced to seek more capital from investment firms, a prospect that may not be...
Jan 21 2022 // The 2022 Florida Senate has passed its first bill that affects insurance companies, but the measure has little to do with losses, rates or litigation costs.On Wednesday, by a vote of 35-0, the chamber approved Senate Bill...
Jan 21 2022 // Pennsylvania’s state Senate passed a package of legislation on Wednesday aimed at preventing data security breaches and requiring victims and law enforcement officials to be notified when they do happen.The...
Jan 13 2022 // For the first time in over a decade, New Jersey’s state Senate is beginning a new session this week without Senate President Steve Sweeney, the ironworker and union executive who’s shepherded major laws through...
Dec 27 2021 // A congressional committee has launched an investigation into the promoter of the Astroworld music festival in Houston, in which 10 people were killed during a massive crowd surge and attendees were packed so tightly that...
Dec 17 2021 // An Iowa insurance agent has overwhelmingly won a state Senate seat in a northwest Iowa special election.Spirit Lake insurance agent Dave Rowley, a Republican, won the special election Tuesday to fill the Senate District 1...
Dec 14 2021 // The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday is set to hold a confirmation hearing on President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), an agency without a permanent...
Nov 23 2021 // A renewed push for Indiana to join more than two-thirds of states with some form of legalized marijuana use appears to face the same roadblock from Statehouse Republicans who have opposed such a step for many...
Nov 23 2021 // After talking the climate talk at U.N. negotiations in Scotland, the Biden administration now tests whether a divided United States can walk the climate walk: push a massive investment for a new era of clean energy through...
Nov 5 2021 // President Joe Biden will enforce a mandate that workers at U.S. companies with at least 100 employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 or be tested weekly starting Jan. 4, spurring legal challenges from Republican governors...
Oct 28 2021 // The U.S. Senate has approved Douglas Parker, former California workplace safety chief, as assistant secretary of labor at the Labor Department and the new head of the federal Occupational Safety and Health...