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N.H. GOP Leaders Say Substance Abuse Proposals Need More Work
Nov 13 2015 // New Hampshire’s Republican lawmakers said they would rather create a legislative task force during a special session planned for next week to study some of Gov. Maggie Hassan’s proposals to combat the...
House, Senate Transportation Bill Compromise to Address Auto Safety
Nov 9 2015 // The multiyear transportation bill that passed the U.S. House this week parcels out a number of provisions on auto safety and environmental regulation sought by interest groups including automakers, dealers and safety...
Cyber Sharing, Liability Bill Makes Progress in Senate
Oct 23 2015 // A long-delayed bill that would make it easier for corporations to share information about cyber attacks with each other or the government without fear of lawsuits advanced in the U.S. Senate on Thursday with support from...
Obama Administration Names Task Force to Create Drone Registry
Oct 21 2015 // The Obama administration said on Monday that it would require drone owners to register their unmanned aircraft as part of an effort to curtail rogue drone flights that pose a danger to commercial aircraft and crowded...
Senate Takes Up Cyber Liability Bill
Oct 21 2015 // The U.S. Senate on Tuesday began debating a long-delayed bill that would make it easier for corporations to share information about cyber attacks with each other or the government without concern about lawsuits. Senate...
Obama Administration Considers Drone Registry
Oct 19 2015 // The Obama administration is taking the first steps to require that buyers of drones register the unmanned aircraft with the government to combat a growing safety threat, according to a person familiar with the...
Democratic Presidential Candidates Oppose Obamacare’s ‘Cadillac’ Tax
Oct 14 2015 // While Republican presidential candidates debate the best way to repeal and replace Obamacare, Democrats have a different issue to work out: what to do about the law’s excise tax on high-cost employer-based health...
Republican Jeb Bush Offers Health Plan with ‘Cadillac’ Tax
Oct 14 2015 // Jeb Bush, like other Republican presidential candidates, is vowing to repeal Obamacare, while making health care more innovative and affordable. Bush’s health care plan, outlined on Monday and Tuesday, discusses how...
Gunmakers’ Liability Shield Emerges as Issue in Democratic Presidential Race
Oct 13 2015 // Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Sunday backed away from a controversial vote he cast in 2005 on legislation to grant immunity to gun manufacturers and dealers from liability if their firearms are used...
GOP Candidate Rubio Criticizes Gov’t Regulation of On-Demand Economy
Oct 12 2015 // Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio vowed to cap the number of regulations government can impose on businesses, particularly “on-demand” startups like Uber and Airbnb that he considers models for a...
Indiana Insurance Agent Tapped to Lead State House GOP
Oct 8 2015 // Indiana House Republicans have chosen Rep. Matt Lehman to replace former House Majority Leader Jud McMillin. Republicans announced Lehman’s election shortly after emerging from a closed-door meeting on Oct. 6....
Health Insurer CEOs Defend Big Mergers Before Senate
Sep 24 2015 // Leaders of two major health insurers planning multibillion dollar acquisitions made their case to Congress this week that bigger can mean better in their industry, but concerns are being raised in Washington about how...
Mass. Senate Panel to Examine Recent Hikes in Home Insurance Rates
Sep 21 2015 // A Massachusetts Senate panel is examining recent hikes in homeowner insurance rates in Massachusetts. The Senate Post Audit and Oversight Committee has called insurance company officials and state regulators to testify at...
Republicans’ Suit Against Obamacare Insurer Reimbursements Advances
Sep 9 2015 // Congressional Republicans were allowed by a judge to pursue their lawsuit accusing the Obama administration of violating the Constitution by spending money on the president’s signature legislative achievement, the...
Massachusetts Senate to Probe Home Insurance Rate Hikes
Aug 17 2015 // The Massachusetts Senate’s oversight body is launching an inquiry into homeowners insurance rate increases approved by the Division of Insurance (DOI) this year after a brutal winter led to increased claims...
Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Chaney Wins Republican Nomination
Aug 17 2015 // Second-term incumbent Mike Chaney of Vicksburg, Miss., has won the Republican nomination for Mississippi Insurance Commissioner. He held off a challenge August 4 from John Mosley, a body shop owner from Clinton. Mosley...
Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Chaney Wins Republican Nomination
Aug 7 2015 // Second-term incumbent Mike Chaney of Vicksburg has won the Republican nomination for insurance commissioner. He held off a challenge Tuesday from John Mosley, a body shop owner from Clinton. Mosley campaigned, in part, by...
Senate Leaders Vow September Vote on Cybersecurity Bill
Aug 6 2015 // The U.S. Senate will not vote on a cyber security bill until September, after lawmakers return from a four-week recess and consider the nuclear agreement with Iran, the chamber’s leaders said on Wednesday. Some...
Massachusetts Senate to Launch Inquiry Into Home Insurance Rate Hikes
Jul 31 2015 // The Massachusetts Senate’s oversight body is launching an inquiry into homeowners insurance rate increases approved by the Division of Insurance (DOI) this year after a brutal winter led to increased claims...
Corruption Trial of Ex-N.Y. Senate Leader Skelos and Son Set for November
Jul 30 2015 // Former New York Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos pleaded not guilty to new charges that he demanded payments to his son Adam from the head of an insurance administrator seeking to push favorable legislation through...
