All the headlines from our Politics Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 27 2011 // A measure aimed at changing South Dakota’s insurance law to give some injured people a better chance of receiving full compensation for their losses has been rejected by a state Senate committee.However, one of the...
Feb 25 2011 // The Oklahoma Senate has approved a bill to limit pain and suffering awards to $250,000, despite concerns from members that the decision should be made by juries.The Senate voted 29-18 for the bill by Sen. Anthony Sykes,...
Feb 22 2011 // The U.S. Senate aims to begin consideration next month of a bipartisan bill to revamp the U.S. patent system and reduce the likelihood of what critics see as excessive damage awards, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid...
Feb 21 2011 // The Wisconsin state Senate passed legislation that would lower minimum levels of auto insurance. Car insurance would still be required under the bill passed on a bipartisan 25-7 vote, but the levels of coverage required...
Feb 21 2011 // The Wisconsin state Senate passed legislation that would lower minimum levels of auto insurance. Car insurance would still be required under the bill passed on a bipartisan 25-7 vote, but the levels of coverage required...
Feb 17 2011 // Republicans will escalate their push to delay and defund the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reforms on Thursday as top regulators appear before the U.S. Senate Banking Committee with a new chairman presiding.Replacing Christopher...
Feb 15 2011 // The Mississippi Senate has passed a bill requiring motorists to show proof they have purchased liability insurance before receiving a car tag.The measure was sponsored by Sen. Billy Hewes, a Republican from Gulfport, who...
Feb 14 2011 // The Michigan Senate has approved a bill that would prevent administrative rules mandating workplace ergonomics rules.The bill from Republican Sen. Rick Jones of Grand Ledge was approved by a 25-12 vote last Thursday and...
Feb 11 2011 // On issues ranging from the air we breathe to the noise factories make, business leaders want the government to stay out of their way. And the Republicans, looking toward the 2012 elections, are listening.The House’s...
Feb 10 2011 // The Oklahoma Senate Judiciary Committee on Feb. 8 approved five lawsuit reform measures that are key components of the Senate Republican legislative agenda.“We have been working on lawsuit reform for years, taking...
Feb 10 2011 // The Wisconsin state Senate has passed legislation that would lower minimum levels of car insurance and make it more difficult to approve of sales and income tax increases.Car insurance would still be required under the...
Feb 9 2011 // A bill advanced by the Senate Transportation Committee on this week gives some New Jersey drivers a break.The bill reduces the maximum fine for driving without a license, registration or insurance card if the driver can...
Feb 8 2011 // Minimum levels of car insurance that were increased two years ago would drop back down again under a bill up for a vote in the state Senate.Trial lawyers fought for the changes approved by the Democratic-controlled...
Feb 8 2011 // For the second straight week, the Florida Banking and Insurance Committee failed to reach a final vote on its comprehensive property insurance bill. The delay comes as committee members remain bogged down over how to...
Feb 8 2011 // The Florida Senate and Banking Insurance Committee has approved a bill that would deregulate a variety of commercial lines of insurance by allowing insurers to offer the coverage without first obtaining the Office of...
Feb 7 2011 // Illinois lawmakers left two big pieces of unfinished business when they went home after voting to raise income taxes. One piece would make Illinois a less expensive place to do business, and the other would get billions of...
Feb 3 2011 // The Senate is looking at banning drivers from using handheld cell phones in school and highway work zones, going a step further than a similar ban that passed the House this week. The Senate is considering a proposal by...
Feb 3 2011 // President Barack Obama’s fellow Democrats in the U.S. Senate blocked a Republican bid Wednesday to repeal his healthcare overhaul, likely leaving the fate of the year-old law up to the federal courts. The Senate...
Feb 2 2011 // The U.S. Senate Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to rescind a measure in last year’s healthcare law that expands business transaction reporting requirements to the Internal Revenue Service.Bowing to pressure from small...
Feb 1 2011 // Republicans moved Tuesday to force a U.S. Senate vote to repeal President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul — a day after a federal judge ruled that the law was unconstitutional.Obama’s fellow Democrats...