Blog Post
May 3, 2013
As the push for modernization and consumer choice in North Carolina’s auto insurance system moves from the state Senate to the House, it’s worth going back to examine the goals the General Assembly set for itself on the topic a full year ago. A pair of bills sponsored by Senate Insurance Committee Chairman Tom Apodaca, [...]
Op Ed
Huffington Post • May 3, 2013
With the stroke of his pen on a piece of insurance reform legislation, Florida Gov. Rick Scott will soon have the opportunity to begin writing another chapter to a rich and under-appreciated history of small-government environmentalism. The legislation he’ll almost certainly sign in the next few weeks — the “coastal preservation” title of a property [...]
Blog Post
May 3, 2013
Florida Senate sends Citizens reform bill to Gov. Scott: PropertyCasualty360 Citizens reform could impact real estate market: South Florida Business Journal Texas wind pool board meets today to discuss funding options: Corpus Christi Caller Economy adding nearly 200,000 jobs a month in 2013, despite alleged “austerity”: BLS The waste and inefficiency of the corporate income [...]
News Release
May 3, 2013
LANSING, Mich. (May 3, 2013) – Legislation approved last night by the Michigan House Insurance Committee will help tame out-of-control claims costs that have led the state’s drivers to pay the second-highest auto insurance rates in the nation, the R Street Institute said. Sponsored by Insurance Committee Chairman Pete Lund, R-Shelby Township, H.B. 4612 would [...]
Op Ed
Tobacco Truth • May 2, 2013
One of the longstanding federal warnings on smokeless tobacco is: “This product can cause gum disease and tooth loss.” This warning has no scientific basis. I previously discussed a study from Sweden concluding that snus use was not associated with gum disease. A 2012 study by the same research group concluded that “snus use does [...]
News Release
May 2, 2013
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (May 2, 2013) – The R Street Institute today commended the Florida Legislature for approving significant reforms to the state-run Citizens Property Insurance Corp., including provisions that will end insurance subsidies for new construction in environmentally sensitive coastal regions. The state Senate concurred today by a 32-1 margin to an amended version of [...]
Blog Post
May 2, 2013
The so-called “Marketplace Fairness Coalition,” one of a half-dozen groups using big-box retailer cash to organize support of Internet sales tax legislation, sent a very interesting letter yesterday to eBay CEO John Donahoe. In it, they include one of the best “sort of true but woefully incomplete” statements I’ve seen in a long time. They [...]
Blog Post
May 2, 2013
Who paid for last summer’s drought? You did: NPR Florida Senate expected to wrap up session by passing Citizens reforms today: Sun-Sentinel Oklahoma joins Texas as only states where employers can opt out of workers’ comp: PropertyCasualty360 Could Latvia be the next Cyprus? : FT Alphaville South Carolina DOI holding May 9 session on hurricanes [...]
Post
May 1, 2013
Whenever there are tens of millions of dollars worth of lobbying muscle behind a piece of legislation, folks seem willing to say just about anything to make a case for it. The Marketplace Fairness Act, the misguided legislation to allow states to enforce their tax laws on out-of-state businesses, is but the latest example. Here [...]
News Release
May 1, 2013
WASHINGTON (May 1, 2013) – The R Street Institute today announced the hiring of Zach Graves to the new position of director of digital marketing. Based in R Street’s Washington headquarters, Graves will be responsible for R Street’s online marketing, social media, blogger outreach and various other projects to elevate R Street’s brand in the [...]
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