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A powerful Senate Democrat said a private meeting Wednesday between health insurers and state regulators appears to be part of the Schwarzenegger…
Mar 27, 2008When the doors are slammed on a meeting between government and industry, the excuse is usually that a "frank exchange" must be…
Mar 26, 2008Assemblyman Hector De La Torre said Tuesday that he was ousted as chairman of the powerful Rules Committee for challenging Assembly Speaker…
Mar 26, 2008Consumer advocates worry that the closed session will advance a plan that critics say could make it easier to cancel policies. Regulators…
Mar 26, 2008Sacramento, CA -- While motorists fume over the skyrocketing cost of gasoline, state officials say the extra sales tax revenue from high…
Mar 25, 2008Gasoline prices have been flirting in recent days with Arkansas' average record of $3.18 a gallon set in May. The national average…
Mar 21, 2008Scientists are still grumbling about the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation's grip on stem cell patents--a hold strengthened by rulings this and last…
Mar 21, 2008Today's news stories identifying the apparently deadly fake heparin that adulterated a major U.S. brand of the blood thinner brought back memories:…
Mar 20, 2008No, we don't mean marijuana on the street, but the brand-name drugs that are so profitable to the pharmaceutical industry. We found…
Mar 20, 2008Two of the state's biggest auto insurance companies have reduced their charges to customers under provisions of Proposition 103, a voter initiative…
Mar 19, 2008SACRAMENTO, CA -- By agreeing to carry a bill that would slightly raise a document fee that car buyers pay, Assemblyman Mark…
Mar 19, 2008Nearly 2 million Allstate Auto Insurance customers will see their rates drop nearly 16 percent in April under a recent order by…
Mar 19, 2008SACRAMENTO, CA -- California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner said Allstate must slash its automobile insurance rates nearly 16%, an average savings per…
Mar 19, 2008Allstate Corp., which covers about 1 of every 10 insured cars in California, has been ordered to cut its automobile rates by…
Mar 19, 2008LOS ANGELES, CA -- Reeling from public outrage and lawsuits over the practice of canceling policyholders' medical coverage after they fall ill,…
Mar 18, 2008Insurance Commissioner Orders Allstate to Lower Rates by 15.9% Under Prop. 103 Santa Monica, CA -- California drivers with Allstate auto…
Mar 18, 2008Allstate Insurance auto insurance policyholders could see their yearly premiums cut by an average of $133 a year per vehicle as a…
Mar 18, 2008ECONOMY IN CRISIS - Institutions put their funds in oil - Safer than greenbacks or stocks For once, you can't blame high…
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