Latest Legislation Headlines
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Hawaii Lawmakers Wrangle Bills to Rescue Utility Hit by Wildfire Suits
Apr 14 2025 // Hawaiian Electric Co. is making a final legislative push this month, asking lawmakers to help shore up its financial foundation, which crumbled after the 2023 Maui wildfire that killed 102 people and destroyed much of...
Alabama Lawmakers Set Minimum PBM Payments to Independent Pharmacies
Apr 10 2025 // MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday voted to put new regulations on pharmacy benefit managers in an effort to curb the closure of small pharmacies across the state. The Alabama House of Representatives...
Judges Dismisses Former Governor’s Defamation Lawsuit Against Miss. News Outlet
Apr 9 2025 // A judge has dismissed a lawsuit by former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant that claimed a local news outlet defamed him in public comments about its Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting on the misspending of $77 million in federal...
Texas Bill Would Add New Regulations for Renewable Energy Sector
Apr 9 2025 // Texas’ renewable energy industry is booming. Accounting for nearly 90% of new electrical generation, wind, solar and battery storage industries have established themselves as a reliable source of energy for the...
Judge Nixes Gender Bias Claim by Woman Denied Job as Top Pastor of Black Church
Apr 8 2025 // A federal judge has dismissed a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by a professor and minister who lost her bid to become the first woman to serve as senior pastor of New York City’s prominent Abyssinian Baptist...
Minnesota Lawmakers Propose Auto Insurance Program for Low-Income Residents
Apr 7 2025 // Minnesota lawmakers have introduced a bill that would establish a low-cost auto insurance program for low-income residents. HF 2215 would establish the Minnesota Lifeline Insurance Program, a state-sponsored, alternative...
Florida OIR Faults DFS in Move to Combine Regulatory Functions. DFS Pushes Back
Apr 7 2025 // In a March memo to lawmakers, Florida’s Office of Insurance Regulation sharply criticized the state’s rather unique two-agency insurance regulatory structure, arguing that the Department of Financial Services...
Suit Over NC eCourts Management System Can Continue, Judge Says
Apr 7 2025 // GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A federal lawsuit alleging North Carolina’s new electronic courts records and case management system contributed to unlawful arrests or extended jail detainments can continue against the...
Texas Judge Awards $6.6M to Former Aides Fired by AG Paxton
Apr 7 2025 // A Travis County district court judge on Friday awarded $6.6 million to four former senior aides to Attorney General Ken Paxton who said they were improperly fired after reporting Paxton to the FBI. Judge Catherine Mauzy...
Maryland Lawmakers Send Bill Limiting Sexual Abuse Liabilities to Governor
Apr 7 2025 // Maryland lawmakers passed a measure Saturday to try to limit future liabilities from claims of sexual abuse at state and private institutions after thousands of people unexpectedly came forward with allegations of abuse,...
States’ AI-Related Legislation Aimed at Insurance Is ‘Unfounded,’ Says NAMIC
Apr 7 2025 // Policy discussions on the use of artificial intelligence in insurance are ‘unfounded’ and ‘detrimental to policyholders,’ according to an analysis from the National Association of Mutual Insurance...
Texas Judge Awards Nearly $2M for FBI Agent’s Fatal Shooting
Apr 7 2025 // A federal judge has awarded nearly $2 million in damages as part of a civil lawsuit after concluding an FBI agent was negligent when he fatally shot a kidnapped Texas man during a botched rescue attempt in 2018. The family...
Several Companies Must Face Lawsuit Over Tainted Baby Food, Judge Rules
Apr 4 2025 // A U.S. judge said several companies including Walmart, Beech-Nut and Gerber must face a nationwide lawsuit claiming that toxic heavy metals contaminated their baby food, causing brain and neurodevelopmental damage to...
Judge Rejects J&J’s $10 Billion Baby Powder Settlement
Apr 1 2025 // A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Monday rejected Johnson & Johnson’s $10 billion proposal to end tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging that its baby powder and other talc products cause ovarian cancer, marking the...
Federal Judge Orders Halt to Trump Administration Efforts to Dismantle CFPB
Apr 1 2025 // A U.S. judge has blocked the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from pursuing efforts to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the latest rebuke from the courts in...
Oklahoma Lawmaker Seeks Statewide Ban on Sewage Sludge Use
Mar 31 2025 // When Leslie Stewart moved to her home in a rural expanse of Lincoln County outside of Oklahoma City more than 20 years ago, she thought she’d found a slice of heaven. In a town of fewer than 700 people, her son could...
More Tort Reform: Georgia Lawmakers Put Limits on Litigation Financing
Mar 31 2025 // ATLANTA (AP) — The second part of Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s top priority to limit lawsuits and large verdicts won approval Thursday from the House. The full package, also called tort reform, is set to...
West Texas Lawmakers Want to Divert Oil and Gas Taxes to Address Oil Patch Repairs
Mar 27 2025 // The fracking boom that resuscitated the Texas oil fields has also beaten up the infrastructure in the Permian Basin, the state’s biggest oil and gas drilling region. More heavy trucks drove through small towns,...
Delaware Lawmakers Approve Bill Overhauling Corporate Law
Mar 26 2025 // Delaware lawmakers approved on Tuesday an overhaul of the state’s corporate law in a bid to keep powerful business leaders like Mark Zuckerberg from moving their companies’ legal home to another state, although...
States’ AI-Related Legislation Aimed at Insurance Is ‘Unfounded’, Says NAMIC
Mar 25 2025 // Policy discussions on the use of artificial intelligence in insurance are “unfounded” and “detrimental to policyholders,” according to a analysis from the National Association of Mutual Insurance...
