Most Popular Politics Headlines This Year
The most viewed headlines from our Politics Topic Page over the last year.
#1 Florida Senate Committee Adopts Litigation Funding Rules; Expands Wrongful Death
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...
#2 Florida Senate Panel Advances Bill Making it a Felony to Expose Responders to Fentanyl
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...
#3 Fla. Senate Panel Votes to Raise Citizens’ Policy Cap to $1M, End Glidepath for Some
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 –...
#4 Republicans Weigh Rolling Back Anti-ESG Law They Passed
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...
#5 US Senate Committee Wants Investigation Into Florida Citizens’ Loss Reserves
Dec 1 2023 // The chairman of the U.S. Senate’s Budget Committee has begun an investigation into Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. and how the state-created insurer plans to address potential underwriting losses...
#6 ‘My Safe Florida Condo,’ Pet Insurance Bills Passed by Senate Committee
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,...
#7 Causey Wins Primary for NC Commissioner. Democrat Blasts Him for Hearing Delay
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...
#8 APCIA, RAA Testify Before Senate Committee on Property Insurance Market
Sep 7 2023 // The American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) and the Reinsurance Association of American together presented testimony in Washington today on the state of of the property insurance market. The presentation,...
#9 US Senate Votes to Reject Rule to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions on Highways
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...
#10 Senate Hopeful Pushes Insurance Revamp During California ‘Gouging’
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...
#11 Georgia Senate Approves End to Direct-Action Suits vs. Truck Insurers
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...
#12 Members of California Congressional Delegation Call out Insurance Commissioner’s Proposal to Protect Consumers
Nov 6 2023 // Representatives John Garamendi, Zoe Lofgren and other members of California’s congressional delegation sent a letter to California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara urging him to use his power under state law to...
#13 Ex-Trump Administration Officials Target Corporate Diversity Efforts
Aug 18 2023 // Activision Blizzard Inc and Kellogg Co have joined a growing list of major U.S. companies to face claims from a group founded by former Trump administration officials that efforts to diversify their workforces amount to...
#14 Republican Senators’ FARMER Act Seeks to Boost Crop Insurance Coverage
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...
#15 DeSantis’ Retaliation vs. Disney Hurting Florida, Former GOP Officials Say in Court
Aug 8 2023 // Saying Gov. Ron DeSantis has followed the autocratic examples of governments in Russia and China, a group of mostly Republican former high-level government officials and business leaders has called the Florida governor`s...
#16 Republican-Led States Sue SEC Over Climate Risk Disclosure Rules
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,...
#17 Florida Democratic Senators Host Facebook Town Halls on Continuing Insurance Crisis
Jul 27 2023 // Two Florida Democratic state senators are hosting webinars this month and next on the state’s property insurance situation. “Homeowners Insurance 101: A Guide for Insurance Coverage,” a series of virtual...
#18 New Jersey Democratic Power Broker Norcross Pleads Not Guilty to Racketeering
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...
#19 Wisconsin Republicans Ignore Governor’s Call to Spend $125M to Combat PFAS
Apr 18 2024 // MADISON, Wis . (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans on Tuesday ignored the latest call from Democratic Gov. Tony Evers to spend $125 million to combat so-called forever chemicals, leading Evers to say he might sue over the...
#20 Wisconsin Assembly Republicans Introduce Limited Medical Marijuana Bill
Jan 11 2024 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Assembly Republicans’ highly restrictive plan to legalize medical marijuana in the state drew a lukewarm response from Senate Republicans and Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Monday. The...
