All the headlines from our Politics Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 12 2008 // The U.S. Senate last week officially rejected a bid by Gulf state senators to add wind coverage to a financially strapped federal program that provides flood insurance.Lawmakers from Louisiana and Mississippi cited...
May 7 2008 // A bill to renew the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) passed a key test vote in the U.S. Senate Tuesday, with aides saying they expected final action on the legislation before the end of the week.The Senate agreed by...
May 5 2008 // U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor will head a conference committee on legislation to strengthen consumer product safety efforts, and says the group will meet soon.The Democrat from Arkansas, who chairs the committee, said the group...
May 5 2008 // Legislation aimed at expanding insurance pool coverage for coastal residents in Alabama and opposed by insurance giant Alfa passed in the state Senate after appearing to be doomed.The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Ben Brooks,...
May 2 2008 // Colorado drivers would be nudged into buying medical coverage on their car insurance policies under a proposal backed by the state Senate on April 29.Under the bill, insurance companies would have to include $5,000 in...
May 2 2008 // The Louisiana Senate voted to allow insurance companies to set different, “named storm” deductibles on homeowner policies depending on how far a property is from the hurricane-prone Gulf of Mexico.Louisiana is...
Apr 25 2008 // Just ahead of swimming season, the Minnesota Senate on Wednesday, April 23rd, embraced new safety standards for more than 4,000 pools at health clubs, parks, apartment buildings and hotels.It is a response to an ultimately...
Apr 25 2008 // People seeking genetic testing to learn if they are predisposed to serious diseases would not have to fear losing their jobs or their health insurance under anti-discrimination legislation the Senate was to vote on...
Apr 24 2008 // Tennessee defense attorneys would be banned from advertising their expertise with drunken driving cases under a bill advancing in the Senate.Sen. Rosalind Kurita, a Clarksville Democrat, successfully added the provision to...
Apr 24 2008 // The Louisiana Senate has voted to allow the state to continue offering millions in taxpayer dollars to private insurance firms that agree to begin writing homeowners policies along the hurricane-vulnerable coast.Senators...
Apr 16 2008 // A Democrat running for insurance commissioner says contributions listed in his campaign finance report from a state contractor aren’t unethical.INS Regulatory Services Inc. — which has received $60 million from the...
Apr 16 2008 // The New York State Senate has passed a bill that lowers the required level of primary medical malpractice coverage that a doctor must have to qualify for the state’s Excess Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance...
Apr 16 2008 // Democrats in the Oklahoma Legislature have expressed frustration over their lack of success in getting insurance mandate bills heard in the Republican-controlled state House.Democratic legislators said insurance measures...
Apr 16 2008 // As insurers and other interested parties criticized a Florida property insurance bill that passed through the state Senate this week on a 32-7 vote, Florida’s insurance commissioner lauded the action.Sponsored by...
Apr 15 2008 // Oklahoma Senate Republicans say their Democratic peers have blocked consideration of an amendment on workers’ compensation reform.Democrat Lt. Gov. Jari Askins recently broke a tie to help Senate Democrats block...
Apr 8 2008 // The Illinois Senate voted last week to expand Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s health care program, add money to the budget to pay for it and close an expected budget gap.The Democratic-controlled chamber closed out its week...
Apr 4 2008 // The Republican candidate for Montana state auditor and insurance commissioner is criticizing plans by the Bush Administration for the federal government to take over regulation of the insurance industry.Duane Grimes says...
Apr 4 2008 // A bill to require day care centers to carry liability insurance has cleared an Oklahoma Senate committee.The bill called Demarion’s Law recently cleared the Senate Rules Committee and goes to the full Senate for...
Apr 4 2008 // Installing a new fire sprinkler system in a home or business could bring tax breaks worth about half their cost under a bill sent to the South Carolina Senate. The legislation allows local governments to decide whether...
Apr 3 2008 // A proposal to lower the blood alcohol content required for a person to be guilty of extreme drunken driving is among several impaired driving bills slowly moving in the Tennessee Legislature.The measure sponsored by Sen....