The most viewed headlines from our Politics Topic Page over the last year.
Dec 19 2024 // The U.S. Senate Budget Committee on Wednesday held a hearing to release a study they said confirms climate change is increasing non-renewal rates in multiple states, but the insurance industry clapped back by saying...
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...
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...
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...
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 –...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Dec 6 2024 // Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced Wednesday that lawmakers in the state Senate would move to ban all forms of consumable tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, in Texas.Patrick, who presides over the Senate and largely controls the...
Dec 18 2024 // Amazon.com Inc. leaders rejected internal recommendations that the company relax warehouse worker productivity rates to curb injuries, according to a report from a congressional committee.Released Monday by the majority...
Dec 20 2024 // A Senate Budget Committee report shows how dangerous climate change is to the nation’s financial system as well as how bad it could be for homeowners seeking affordable insurance.A Senate Budget Committee Staff...
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,...
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...
Dec 11 2024 // COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — With the largest number of newly elected members at least since World War II, Republican South Carolina Senate leaders are thinking about tackling some issues like tax reform and liquor liability...