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Senate Passes Farm, Crop Insurance Bill with Flood Insurance Extension
Jun 29 2018 // The U.S. Senate passed (86-11) a Farm Bill that continues subsidies for farmers along with the federal crop insurance and food stamp programs for five years. The $867 billion Senate bill also contains an amendment to...
California Wildfire Survivor Bills Pass Senate Committee
Jun 15 2018 // Four bills sponsored by the California Department of Insurance that the department believes will strengthen consumer protections for wildfire survivors have passed the Senate Insurance Committee with unanimous, bipartisan...
Republican Leaders Undercut Trump AG’s Bid to End Pre-Existing Conditions Coverage
Jun 13 2018 // Even after the Trump administration chose not to defend Obamacare’s protections for people with pre-existing medical conditions in court, Republican leaders are hoping the lawsuit doesn’t undo one of the most...
Optional Auto Premium Cut for Seniors OK’d by Michigan Senate
Jun 11 2018 // Michigan drivers age 65 and older could avoid paying most of a mandatory insurance fee that covers unlimited medical benefits and instead choose $50,000 in coverage under legislation the state Senate approved on June...
Retired Insurance Exec Wins Democratic Nomination for Iowa Governor
Jun 7 2018 // A wealthy businessman and retired insurance executive who has never been elected to public office will challenge Iowa’s Republican governor in November, offering voters two candidates with contrasting backgrounds and...
Republicans Eye Tax Law Fix for Sexual Harassment Settlements
Jun 6 2018 // Republicans are considering a fix to a provision in their new tax law that they acknowledge could inadvertently penalize victims of sexual harassment in the workplace. But congressional gridlock before midterm elections in...
Virginia Governor Northam Vetoes GOP Healthcare Bills
Jun 4 2018 // Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has vetoed a handful of GOP-backed bills related to health care. Northam vetoed a bill that would have allowed all groups like the Virginia Chamber of Commerce to pool their members together in...
California Cannabis Banking Bill Clears Senate, Heads to Assembly
May 31 2018 // A California bill to establish a state charter bank for cannabis businesses has passed the Senate Floor. Senate Bill 930, authored by state Sen. Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, would enable banks to issue checks to cannabis...
Virginia Governor Northam Vetoes GOP Healthcare Bills
May 25 2018 // Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has vetoed a handful of GOP-backed bills related to health care. Northam vetoed a bill that would have allowed all groups like the Virginia Chamber of Commerce to pool their members together in...
Agent’s California Senate Bid Driven by Need for Better Representation
May 21 2018 // Tom Pratt, an insurance agent who specializes in procuring fine art coverage in a rural Northern California community, has worked in the insurance industry for more than 20 years. By day he is an insurance agent. In his...
Republican Farm Bill Sows Bipartisan Discontent
May 15 2018 // Farm legislation usually has enough incentives to satisfy everyone across the partisan divide in Congress. Not this year. The Republican version set for a House vote on Friday contains so many unpalatable provisions that...
Agent’s California Senate Bid Driven by Need for Better Representation
May 14 2018 // Tom Pratt, an insurance agent who specializes in procuring fine art coverage in a rural Northern California community, has worked in the insurance industry for more than 20 years. By day he is an insurance agent. In his...
Tulsa County Democratic Party Chair to Run for Insurance Commissioner
Apr 24 2018 // The chair of the Tulsa County Democratic Party has entered the race to become Oklahoma’s next insurance commissioner. Kimberly Fobbs currently is the only Democrat who has filed to run for the insurance...
Illinois Senate Again Passes Workers’ Comp Reform Measure
Apr 19 2018 // The Illinois Senate has approved restrictions on insurance companies writing workers’ compensation policies. The plan that passed 34-21 on April 17 is identical to one Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed last year. The...
Trump Administration Proposes Curbs on Opioid Manufacturers
Apr 19 2018 // The U.S. government on Tuesday proposed tightening rules governing the amount of prescription opioid painkillers that drugmakers can manufacture in a given year, in hopes of reining in the deadly opioid epidemic. The Drug...
Republican Farm Bill Calls for Changes to Food Stamps, Renewal of Crop Insurance
Apr 13 2018 // Republicans on the U.S. House Agriculture Committee on Thursday called for changes to the government’s food assistance program for the poor, in a package of long-awaited proposals for the next U.S. Farm Bill that...
Judge Dismisses State Farm Car Crash Suit Against Mississippi U.S. Senate Appointee
Apr 10 2018 // A lawsuit against U.S. Senate appointee Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi has been permanently dismissed. The Daily Leader reports Mississippi Circuit Judge David Strong dismissed the case with prejudice April 3. That means...
Louisiana Senate Backs Higher Civil Penalties in Hazing Death Lawsuits
Mar 29 2018 // People who file civil lawsuits in Louisiana when someone dies from hazing could be in line for higher penalty payments, under a bill that won easy passage from the state Senate. Senators voted 28-3 Wednesday for Senate...
Revamp of Kentucky Workers’ Comp System Gets OK From State Senate
Mar 26 2018 // Kentucky lawmakers are closing in on making the biggest changes to the workers’ compensation system in decades after the Senate passed the measure on Thursday. The legislation – backed by business groups but...
Trump Administration, McDonald’s Rush to Avoid Employer Liability Trial
Mar 18 2018 // The National Labor Relations Board is ignoring its own guidelines and rushing to settle a major workplace action involving McDonald’s Corp., lawyers for employees involved in the litigation alleged. If the workers...
