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Wage Audit of New Mexico Republican Party Finds No Discrepancies
May 15 2006 // A New Mexico Department of Labor audit of the state Republican Party’s payroll records found no discrepancies in wages reported by the party. The GOP also complied with reporting requirements under laws covering...
State-Exempt Small Group Health Measure Falters In Senate
May 14 2006 // A bill to give small businesses a cheaper option when providing health insurance stalled in the U.S. Senate last week. Under the proposal endorsed by President Bush, businesses could buy insurance through regional or...
Democrats Vow to Block Bill Freeing Health Policies from State Mandates
May 11 2006 // Senate Democrats pledged this week to fight provisions in Republican-backed legislation that they said would reduce health insurance coverage for millions. The bill would let small businesses join across state lines to buy...
Michigan Senate Votes to Tie Health Insurance to Behavior
May 11 2006 // Health insurers and HMOs in Michigan could offer financial incentives to smaller employers that want to reward workers for healthy behavior under legislation passed unanimously May 9 in the state Senate. Supporters of the...
Texas Senate Approves Tax and Education Reform Bill
May 11 2006 // The Texas Senate passed a measure late on May 10 that would cut local school property taxes by one-third over the next two years, put more money into Texas schools, increase equity between districts, and raise teacher...
La. Senate Approves Bill Extending Hurricane Claims Deadline
May 10 2006 // The Louisiana Senate approved a bill that would extend the deadline for victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to file claims with their insurance companies. Sen. Julie Quinn’s bill would give policyholders through...
Senate Republicans Fail Again in Efforts to Cap Medical Malpractice Awards
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...
lll. Attorney General, 38 others, oppose health plan pending in U.S. Senate
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...
U.S. Senate panel advises scrapping, then rebuilding, FEMA
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...
lll. Attorney General, 38 others, oppose health plan pending in U.S. Senate
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...
U.S. Senate panel advises scrapping, then rebuilding, FEMA
May 8 2006 // News Currents 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...
Vt. Gov. Douglas Rejects Democrats’ Health Reform Plan
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...
La. Senate: Rating Commission Should Approve Rate Changes
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...
Senate Halts Return of 57,000 to TennCare; Advances Cover Tenn.
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...
Bulk of Texas Tax Reform Package Passes Senate
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...
N.C. ‘Young Agents’ Meet Congressional Leaders in Washington
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...
Washington Democrats File Federal Complaint against Senate Contender
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...
Gallagher Begins Ground Game in GOP Gubernatorial Primary
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...
Ill. Attorney General, 38 Others, Oppose Health Plan in U.S. Senate
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...
U.S. Senate Panel Advises Scrapping, Then Rebuilding, FEMA
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...
