All the headlines from our Politics Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 8 2006 // Senate Republican leaders have again failed in their efforts to place limits on medical malpractice pain and suffering awards.Senate Democrats successfully stymied two Republican bills, one a broad bill affecting medical...
May 8 2006 // Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan sent a letter at the end of April to U.S. Senate members urging them to oppose a bill that would dramatically change the health insurance marketplace by preempting state-mandated...
May 8 2006 // The United States’ disaster response agency should be abolished and rebuilt from scratch to avoid a repeat of government failures exposed by Hurricane Katrina, a Senate inquiry has concluded.Crippled by years of poor...
May 8 2006 // Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan sent a letter at the end of April to U.S. Senate members urging them to oppose a bill that would dramatically change the health insurance marketplace by preempting state-mandated...
May 8 2006 // News CurrentsThe United States’ disaster response agency should be abolished and rebuilt from scratch to avoid a repeat of government failures exposed by Hurricane Katrina, a Senate inquiry has concluded. Crippled by...
May 7 2006 // Gov. Jim Douglas declared Friday that the health reform compromise signed by legislative Democrats on Friday was unacceptable and would not become law.“I will not,” Douglas said when asked directly whether he...
May 3 2006 // All insurance rate hikes in Louisiana should get approval first from the state’s Insurance Rating Commission before being enacted, the Senate has decided.Senate Bill 693, backed 21-15, would reverse a law pushed by...
May 3 2006 // A health insurance proposal that Gov. Phil Bredesen has been labeled as fiscally reckless failed to advance out of a Senate committee in Nashville, Tenn. after four Democrats and one Republican declined to vote on the...
May 3 2006 // The Texas Senate has given final approval to House Bills 2, 3, and 4, which propose to change the way the state pays for its public school system.These bills would broaden the business tax, taxing gross receipts of most...
May 2 2006 // Members of the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina traveled to Washington, DC last week for the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America’s April 26 to 28 National Legislative Conference. The...
May 2 2006 // Washington Democrats have asked the Federal Elections Commission to investigate U.S. Senate challenger Mike McGavick’s $17 million “golden parachute” from Safeco Insurance Co.McGavick’s campaign...
May 1 2006 // Tom Gallagher approached Robb Mercado in Valrico, Fla. as he sat outside his house reading the newspaper Saturday and soon was involved in a long discussion about problems with the homeowners insurance market, education...
Apr 27 2006 // Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan sent a letter this week to U.S. Senate members urging them to oppose a bill that would dramatically change the health insurance marketplace by preempting state-mandated benefit...
Apr 27 2006 // The United States’ disaster response agency should be abolished and rebuilt from scratch to avoid a repeat of government failures exposed by Hurricane Katrina, a Senate inquiry has concluded.Crippled by years of poor...
Apr 26 2006 // Republican lawmakers in Nashville, Tenn. have questioned the lack of an extended funding plan for Gov. Phil Bredesen’s Cover Tennessee health insurance proposal.Bredesen, a Democrat, has said he wants to use $100...
Apr 26 2006 // The Louisiana Senate Insurance Committee passed two bills that would be very destructive to the state if they became law, according to the American Insurance Association (AIA).“One bill (SB 707) is a very expansive...
Apr 25 2006 // A bill authored by Senator Susan Paddack, an Ada Democrat, that will give Oklahoma families a tax credit for rebuilding their homes that were destroyed or damaged by the recent wildfires won the approval of the full Senate...
Apr 17 2006 // News CurrewntsIndependent agents score a victory on SB 2006 Florida Legislature repeals joint and several liability for proportionate liabilityIndependent insurance agents scored a victory in the Florida Legislature March...
Apr 13 2006 // The Missouri Senate voted Tuesday to bar insurance companies from canceling policies, refusing to renew policies or raising rates as a result of weather-related claims.Sen. Charlie Shields, (R-St. Joseph), offered the idea...
Apr 12 2006 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland reported that the state senate passed the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact, a measure Holland said was a priority for her, by a vote of 42-0.The measure passed the...