04/14/2004
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Monday led the signature gathering effort to
place the Workers' Compensation Reform and Accountability Initiative on the ballot in November
signing up voters at a local Costco store and reiterating his pledge to "do all that I can to help" as the
Friday deadline
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02/15/2006
several years as the insurance superintendent in Maine. The chamber said in that capacity Edwards led a Republican governor's successful effort to reform that state's "catastrophically dysfunctional" workers' compensation system in the face of overwhelming opposition from the Democratically-controlled
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05/11/2012
state's fiscal crisis stabilize the Workers Compensation Commission operating environment and preserve resources to sister state agencies that are instrumental in ensuring both the proper implementation of recent reform efforts and overall commission services" Weisz said. "Please encourage your
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02/02/2005
Saying he wants to cut costs for business and boost benefits for injured workers Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry yesterday unveiled a comprehensive reform plan for the state's workers' compensation system.
Based on the work of a bipartisan study group of experts that he appointed last year the
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02/07/2006
ALBANY -- A prominent New York state senator urged business leaders Monday to launch a grassroots campaign for workers' compensation reform that underscores the link between inefficiencies of the current system and upstate plant closings.
Business groups need to "frame the issue in the 21st
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10/29/2010
Reform will Impact your Organization" will be broadcast from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. ET on Dec. 7. The seminar will instruct on how reform initiatives and mid-term elections may necessitate change to workers' compensation systems and processes.
To register go here httpwww.iaiabc.orgi4apagesindex.cfm
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10/19/2011
Brown said in veto messages for some workers' compensation bills that he is not interested in "piecemeal" fixes to restore benefits that were cut under the administration of previous Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Brown said he wants to increase benefits as part of a broader reform package that avoids any
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04/13/2011
Gov. Pat Quinn told employers Tuesday he intends to push for workers' compensation reform in Illinois as a top priority this year with the goals of reducing costs to businesses protecting worker benefits and safety and restoring public trust in the system.
Quinn spoke to a meeting in
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07/01/2013
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam on Friday appointed Abbie Hudgens to a six-year term as administrator of the Tennessee Workers Compensation Division.
Hudgens served as the workers' compensation administrator for the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development but a reform bill passed this
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05/05/2005
Oklahoma state senators ended a stalemate on workers' compensation reform on Wednesday by defeating a bill supported by the governor.
Here's what Republicans had to say about events
Senate Democrats backed down Wednesday from their efforts to keep Lt. Gov. Mary Fallin from presiding over
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