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By Jenny Ivy |
March 30, 2012
A 90-day transportation bill approved Thursday by the House of Representatives does not include the commuter tax break parity provision that was included in the Senate's version.
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By Jenny Ivy |
March 14, 2012
The US Senate approved legislation Wednesday that would reverse cuts to pre-tax transit accounts available to commuters who use public transportation and vanpools. The provision is tucked into a larger bill to overhaul transportation programs.
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By Stephen Singer |
March 1, 2012
The arrest of a Connecticut CEO accused of hurling a racial insult at an Oscars party has dealt a setback to the signature economic development program of the governor, who was counting on the man's company to help attract business to the state.
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By Lisa Leff |
February 23, 2012
The government cannot deny health benefits to the wife of a lesbian court employee by relying on the 1996 law that bars government recognition of same-sex unions, a federal judge has ruled.
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By Elizabeth Festa |
February 6, 2012
U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., have introduced S. 2068, the Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act, a companion bill and a shot in the arm for a medical loss ratio bill in the...
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By The Associated Press |
January 20, 2012
National elections this fall may wind up being as much of a factor behind managed care stock performance as issues like the cost of medical care, according to a Citi analyst.
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By Hope Yen |
December 21, 2011
Many states that posted big population gains in the 2010 census are now seeing their decade-long growth fizzle, hurt by a prolonged economic slump that is stretching into larger portions of the South and West.
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By Andrew Taylor |
December 20, 2011
The House Tuesday rejected legislation to extend a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for two months, drawing a swift rebuke from President Barack Obama that Republicans were threatening higher taxes on 160 million workers on Jan. 1.
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November 28, 2011
Health insurer Humana Inc. trimmed its third-quarter lobbying spending by 43 percent compared to last year, as it focused only on a handful of bills pending in Congress.
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By Mark Sherman |
November 27, 2011
Conservative interest groups and Republican lawmakers want Justice Elena Kagan off the health care case. Liberals and Democrats in Congress say it's Justice Clarence Thomas who should sit it out.
