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BestWire Faced with steep increases in premium rates across personal and commercial lines, a newly formed coalition of consumer and public interest…
Aug 1, 2002Lower demand, changing circumstances have companies pulling back from crisis plans.The Los Angeles Times Power companies have delayed or canceled more than…
Jul 30, 2002The San Diego Union-Tribune One of the largest providers of electricity to California during the electricity crisis said yesterday it reached a…
Jul 27, 2002Group Calls Bankruptcy Bill Extremely Unfair to Average Americans
Jul 26, 2002The Los Angeles Daily News As the clash between capitalism and doing what's right for patients comes under federal scrutiny, companies like…
Jul 26, 2002BestWire Bush wants to address the crisis of rising medical-malpractice premiums by putting caps on awards in malpractice lawsuits.
Jul 26, 2002American Health Line Under Bush's plan, which he will announce at a speech in High Point, N.C., the amount patients could be…
Jul 25, 2002Such a move will turn aspects of the health-care system into an 'even bigger death trap,' one opponent says. But HHS paper…
Jul 25, 2002Plan Ignores California Experience Where Insurers Got Rich and Patients Got Hurt
Jul 24, 2002The Los Angeles Daily News Double-digit increases in health benefit costs have hurt the state's midsize companies hardest because they lack the…
Jul 24, 2002BestWire The House has held a brief hearing on a medical-malpractice bill that seeks to limit liability in health-care lawsuits.
Jul 24, 2002Foster Electric Report Citing the lack of sufficient infrastructure and proven rules needed to make Western wholesale power markets sufficiently competitive, FERC…
Jul 24, 2002Amendment backers argue governments keep too much secretThe Sacramento Bee If the proposed constitutional amendment is ultimately approved by voters, government bodies…
Jul 21, 2002Ruling: Judge voids voter-OKd Pasadena initiative barring certain donations to city officials. Backers of the measure voice dismay.The Los Angeles Times A…
Jul 20, 2002The Orange County Register Federal energy regulators Wednesday capped wholesale electricity prices in California at $250 per megawatt hour and adopted other…
Jul 18, 2002Limit jumps to $250 per megawatt-hour under plan. Panel moves to cut Davis' authority over state electricity grid.The Los Angeles Times Federal…
Jul 18, 2002Sacramento Bee Re-igniting a debate that burned during last year's energy crisis, federal regulators nearly tripled the price ceiling on electricity in…
Jul 18, 2002Corporate Scandals Have No Impact on Bush Administration's Handling of Energy Deregulation's Failure
Jul 17, 2002