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North Dakota Republican Seeks Fines to Curb Driving While Texting
Jan 14 2009 // North Dakota Rep. Lawrence Klemin recalls the driver who pulled alongside him at a stoplight recently, eyes down, thumbs frantically working a tiny keyboard that was propped on the steering wheel. “When the stoplight...
Workers’ Comp Reform on Agenda for Oklahoma Senate GOP
Jan 8 2009 // Reform of the state’s workers’ compensation system is among the policy issues on the agenda for Republicans in the Oklahoma State Senate during the 2009 legislative session. In concurrent news conferences in...
Ohio Senate Votes to Keep Workers’ Compensation Rating System
Dec 19 2008 // The Ohio Senate has signed off on preserving a workers’ compensation rate system that many businesses say is unfair and detrimental to the economy. The Senate voted 31-1 on Dec. 15 to preserve the current group...
Insurers Critical of New Jersey Senate Bill
Dec 18 2008 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) said it strongly opposes a bill recently passed by New Jersey Senate that allows physicians to make self-referrals to their ambulatory surgical centers. PCI said...
Mich. Senate Votes to Require Ignition Devises in Drunk Driving Cases
Dec 12 2008 // Michigan is looking to get tougher on drunken drivers. Legislation approved late Dec. 10 by the state Senate would require drivers with a high blood-alcohol content of 0.15 or more to install an ignition interlock device...
Rhode Island Senate Proposes Crack Down on Drunken Driving
Dec 4 2008 // A Rhode Island state senator says he will introduce three bills in response to a federal report that said the Ocean State is not doing enough to crack down on drunken driving. The National Transportation Safety Board...
Insurance Industry’s Political Contributions to Democrats Spike in 2008
Nov 16 2008 // Political contributions to Democratic candidates in the 2008 election spiked more than 10 percent overall, according to data from the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan, independent research group that tracks...
Democrat Stewart Wins Delaware Insurance Commissioner Race
Nov 5 2008 // Democrat Karen Weldin Stewart rolled to victory in the race to be Delaware’s next insurance commissioner. She defeated Republican John F. Brady, 56.9 percent to 41 percent in the final tally. The former state...
Top Republican Lawmaker Asks AIG to Explain Use of Federal Funds
Nov 3 2008 // U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, has asked troubled insurer American International Group Inc to provide full details of its use of a $123 billion government bailout. AIG,...
Connecticut Insurance Broker to Fill GOP Slot as Honorary Candidate
Oct 30 2008 // A Bristol, Connecticut insurance broker says he’s filling in as the Republican candidate in the 76th Assembly District race to honor the original candidate who apparently took his own life last week. David L. Norton...
GOP Candidate Challenges Sen. Kerry on AIG Bailout
Oct 10 2008 // Democratic Sen. John Kerry’s Republican challenger in Massachusetts called on him to sell any stock he has in insurance giant American International Group and donate all campaign contributions from officials at the...
Wall Street Looks to House After Senate Approves Rescue Measure
Oct 2 2008 // Shockwaves from the global credit crisis spread on Thursday, threatening industry and jobs worldwide and putting pressure on the U.S. Congress to finish up a $700 billion bailout of the U.S. financial sector. The fate of...
Senate to Vote Tonight on Revised Wall Street Bailout with Tax Cuts
Oct 1 2008 // Leaders in the U.S. Congress have deployed their best weapon for winning passage of a $700 billion financial industry bailout just weeks before the elections, attaching tax cuts to an otherwise bitter pill. The Senate aims...
Protestor at GOP Convention to File Brutality Lawsuit
Sep 29 2008 // An anti-war protester who claims he was shot with a police projectile at close range during the Republican National Convention in St. Paul announced on September 26 that he is planning to sue the city of St. Paul and...
House Republicans Offer Insurance Plan to Rescue Wall Street
Sep 26 2008 // Conservative Republicans in the U.S. House have offered an alternative to a $700 billion government bailout of Wall Street that they say would rely on private capital markets, rather than taxpayers, to free up frozen...
Illinois Senate Panel Okays 3rd Attempt at Autism Coverage
Sep 24 2008 // An Illinois Senate committee wants to require insurance companies to cover expanded treatment for autism. It’s the Senate’s third attempt this year to approve the measure, which would require insurers to cover...
Democratic, Republican Senate Banking Leaders Cool to AIG Loan
Sep 16 2008 // Both leaders of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee Tuesday expressed reservations about the federal government intervening to help insurer American International Group Inc. Connecticut Democratic Sen. Christopher Dodd,...
Minn. GOP Convention Officials Bought Liability Coverage in First Time Deal
Sep 5 2008 // Taxpayers should be off the hook for any damages stemming from claims of police misconduct related to the Republican National Convention under a first-of-its-kind agreement. The deal required the Republican Party’s...
GOP Platform Calls for Natural Disaster Insurance Reform
Sep 5 2008 // The Republican National Committee pledged its support to improve federal natural disaster insurance as part of its platform. The GOP’s support of federal disaster insurance reform follows the Democratic National...
3 Democrats Vie in Sept. 9 Primary for Delaware Insurance Commissioner Post
Sep 1 2008 // One of the three Democrats vying for the party’s nomination for the Delaware insurance commissioner post formally launched her campaign with just three weeks before the Sept. 9 primary. Karen Weldin Stewart promised...
