November 8, 2012
Three Florida Supreme Court justices easily won a retention bid Tuesday despite an unprecedented push by the Republican Party of Florida to oust them after several rulings the party disliked. Justices R. Fred Lewis, Barbara Pariente and Peggy Quince each …
November 7, 2012
Democrat Karen Weldin Stewart was re-elected to a second term as Delaware’s insurance commissioner on Tuesday, defeating Republican challenger Benjamin Mobley.In the end, incumbent Stewart easily won the race. With votes counted from all 431 districts Tuesday night, Stewart won …
October 25, 2012
The Libertarian Party candidate for Delaware insurance commissioner is suspending his campaign and endorsing the Republican challenger seeking to unseat a Democratic incumbent. David Eisenhour said Wednesday that while suspending his campaign for insurance commissioner, he is still running for …
October 10, 2012
Democratic Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren has launched two new television ads responding to criticism by Republican Sen. Scott Brown of her legal work in an asbestos-related case. Brown also released a new ad Monday, faulting Warren’s tax proposals. Warren’s ads …
October 10, 2012
There’s one person not on this year’s ballot who is still getting his fair share of grief. And that’s Florida Gov. Rick Scott. Scott has been battling poor poll ratings most of his time in office. Now he is turning …
September 13, 2012
The battle over an automobile insurance persistency initiative is heating up, with the latest volley over a radio advertisement targeting a military audience that opponents are calling on to be removed following the tragedy in Libya where Libyan Ambassador Christopher …
September 12, 2012
Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart beat out three challengers in yesterday’s Democratic primary. Of some 47,602 votes cast statewide, Commissioner Stewart won 15,590 votes — representing 32.7 percent of the total votes cast, according to results posted last night …
September 12, 2012
It may be November before the U.S. Congress completes the new $500 billion U.S. farm bill as lawmakers cannot agree on how much to cut support to farmers or food stamps for the poor. “We’re stuck at the moment,” said …
September 7, 2012
Tax planners are developing ways to help well-to-do U.S. clients avoid the full impact of taxes set to take effect next year under President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul. With some legal uncertainty still surrounding the new levies, advisers are devising …
September 7, 2012
The state of Kansas needs to decide soon what services it will provide in a health insurance exchange required by the federal health care law, even if the future of the exchanges hinges on the outcome of the presidential election, …