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Illinois Gov. Signs Blue State Version of Reform
07/21/2005
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Wednesday signed legislation that increases injured workers' benefits but also institutes reforms designed to lower medical costs.
The approval of House Bill 2137 represents the first major reform of the state's workers' compensation system in 20 years
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Reform Measure Dies in Committee
03/21/2006
The author of a Nebraska workers' compensation reform bill said Monday that he was unable to win enough support to pass the measure out of the Legislature's Business and Labor Committee.
Sen. Doug Cunningham R-Wasau said in a column published by the Yanktown Press & Dakotan that he amended his
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Employers See NCCI Call for 3.5% Increase as 'Poke in the Eye'
10/17/2011
By Bill Kidd Central Bureau Chief
Despite reform legislation passed by Illinois lawmakers the National Council on Compensation Insurance has filed for a 3.5 increase in workers compensation rates for the state to take effect on Jan. 1 -- and employers are not pleased by news of the requested
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Brokers Enter Reform Talks with Petition
08/03/2012
By Greg Jones Western Bureau Chief
Insurance brokers have joined the debate over workers' compensation reform armed with a petition that they plan to hand to the chairman of the Assembly Insurance Committee that asks for legislation to curb cumulative trauma and psychological injury claims
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Spitzer Issues Stern Call for Data, Signs in Reform
03/14/2007
Gov. Eliot Spitzer signed New York's effort to reform its "broken" workers' compensation system into law Tuesday and issued a directive to the heads of three state agencies demanding a road map for obtaining reliable data by April 27.
Flanked by the state's leaders of labor business and
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Workers ' Comp Reform : The Next GOP Talking Point
03/25/2010
benefit. This year they've added workers' compensation reform to their list of demands.In November Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno R-Lemont urged Rep. Lou Lang's D-Chicago jobs task force to prioritize the issue. This past week Radogno and House Minority Leader Tom
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FL Rate Decrease of 14% Approved
08/19/2003
reflecting the impact of legislative reforms to the state's workers' compensation system. Governor Jeb Bush signed the reform bill last month.
The approved filing will result in a rate level decrease of 14 and will apply to new and renewal coverage beginning October 1 2003. The reduced rates
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OK Fight Cont'd: Republican Version
05/03/2005
Oklahoma state senators continued their battle over workers' compensation reform on Monday with Democrats refusing to acknowledge Lt. Gov. Mary Fallin as she tried to preside over the chamber to force a vote on a reform measure backed by the state's Republican governor.
Both parties posted
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Comp Reform Not On Brown's Agenda
01/19/2012
California Gov. Jerry Brown called for system-wide workers' compensation reform rather than piecemeal fixes in vetoing a number of comp bills last October but he didn't mention reform on Thursday in his State of the State address.
Brown killed bills in 2011 that would have expressly prohibited
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House Stalls Action on Postal Reform until after August Recess
07/17/2012
The 21st Century Postal Service Act includes comprehensive changes for all federal workers covered by the Federal Employees' Compensation Act FECA.
The Senate version sponsored by Sens. Joe Lieberman I-Conn.; Susan Collins R-Maine; Tom Carper D-Del. and Scott Brown R-Mass. would reduce
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