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Texas Lawmaker Files Insurance Department Transparency Bill
Mar 9 2015 // A bill filed by state Rep. Todd Hunter, R-Corpus Christi, would require the Texas Department of Insurance to post on its website information regarding insurance rates of every residential property and personal auto insurer...
Safety Concerns Block Effort to Raise Interstate Speed Limit in Iowa
Mar 9 2015 // Iowa drivers will stay out of the fast lane for now, after lawmakers did not advance a bill that would have boosted the speed limit on interstate highways, bringing it in line with many nearby states. The bill sought to...
Supreme Court Reopens Notre Dame Bid to Bypass Birth Control Coverage
Mar 9 2015 // The U.S. Supreme Court told a lower court to reconsider whether the University of Notre Dame must comply with Obama administration regulations for the Affordable Care Act that aim to ensure contraceptive coverage for...
Lawmakers Probe FEMA’s Sandy-Related Claims
Mar 9 2015 // U.S. Rep. Tom MacArthur (R., N.J.) on March 2 called for an investigation into the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) after stories surfaced that FEMA was aware of allegedly fraudulent engineering reports that may...
New Drought Rules at Restaurants, Hotels Considered in California
Mar 9 2015 // Officials are considering new water restrictions as California’s drought drags on, possibly forcing residents to ask for water at restaurants and for fresh towels and sheets at hotels. The State Water Resources...
Nevada Bill Proposes Liability Protections for Horse-Related Injuries
Mar 9 2015 // Rural Nevada lawmakers are proposing a bill that would improve liability protections for horse-related accidents and injuries. Sen. Pete Goicoechea and Assemblyman John Ellison introduced SB 129 to the Senate Committee on...
Arizona Court Rules on Travel for Injured Worker Care
Mar 9 2015 // A court ruling says Arizona workers being treated for on-the-job injuries aren’t entitled to travel expenses if they haven’t shown they cannot get necessary care locally. The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled in...
Insurance Market Evolves for Drone Pilots Unwilling to Wait on Federal Regulations
Mar 6 2015 // Thousands of drones flown without government approval by real estate companies, movie studios and other businesses are getting coverage by insurers writing their own safety rules to fill a void left by regulators. One...
Road Funding Bill Passed by Texas Senate
Mar 6 2015 // The Texas Senate has approved the first bill of the legislative session, with speedy passage of a plan to shift billions of dollars generated by vehicle sales taxes to building and maintaining roads strained by the...
Texas Businesses Oppose ‘Pro-Discrimination’ Legislation
Mar 6 2015 // Two proposed constitutional amendments that supporters say would protect Texans from government intrusion into their free exercise of religion are meeting resistance from a coalition led by a former adviser to George W....
Arkansas Senate Votes to Delay State Insurance Exchange Plans
Mar 6 2015 // Arkansas lawmakers voted to put the state’s plans to set up its own insurance exchange under the federal health law on hold while the nation’s highest court weighs a legal challenge over tax subsidies granted...
Tennessee Lawmakers Introduce Work Comp ‘Option’ Legislation
Mar 6 2015 // Tennessee may soon have its own answer to an alternative workers’ compensation insurance option through new legislation by Republican lawmakers known as the Tennessee Employee Injury Benefit Alternative. Tennessee...
Craft Breweries Victorious in Kentucky Beer Distribution Battle
Mar 6 2015 // Anheuser-Busch can make beer, but they have to let other people sell it in Kentucky. The state Senate voted 23-13 to ban brewers from owning alcohol distributors, a sign of the increasing influence of the emerging craft...
Idaho Lawmakers Take Up Guidelines For Driverless Cars
Mar 5 2015 // Idaho citizens could soon be sharing the road with driverless cars. A Senate panel considered a bill earlier this week that would allow companies to test self-driving cars on Idaho highways. Senate Transportation Committee...
Georgia House Passes Ridesharing Regulation Bill
Mar 5 2015 // The first of a slew of bills that would regulate popular car-hailing companies such as Uber overwhelmingly passed the Georgia House on Tuesday, but the San Francisco-based tech firm said it was not happy with the measure...
Trucking Safety Chief Defends Driver Rest Regulations
Mar 4 2015 // The trucking industry’s overseer is giving little ground to critics who asked Congress to loosen U.S. regulations and revise a rating system designed to root out unsafe carriers. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety...
Connecticut Debates How to Regulate Rideshare Services
Mar 4 2015 // Connecticut is the latest state to grapple with how to regulate Uber and other ride-hailing services being embraced by the public but angering the long-established taxi and livery industry. Taxi and livery drivers say...
West Virginia’s Coal Country Split as New Law Pits Owners, Workers: Commodities
Mar 4 2015 // Mike Caputo, one of the top Democrats in the West Virginia legislature, began working in the state’s coal mines at age 19. It helped put his kids through school, he said, and helped him pay for his family home. Now...
Judge Halts Google Investigation by Mississippi Attorney General, For Now
Mar 4 2015 // The Mississippi attorney general’s attempt to investigate Google is on hold for at least four more months. U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate on Monday granted Google’s request for a preliminary injunction,...
West Virginia Judges Approve $11.3M Settlement with Ex-Mountain State Students
Mar 3 2015 // A three-judge panel says former students of West Virginia’s Mountain State University are entitled to an $11.3 million payout. Media reports state that the so-called mass litigation panel met in Charleston last...
