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Bingo World

BY Fast Company Calendar
Relevancy Score: 54

Bingo may seem like old news for old people, but when Alabama governor (and lifelong gambling opponent) Bob Riley sent state troopers to shut down more than 30 electronic bingo parlors earlier this year, he brought new life to the ...READ»

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T. Boone Pickens' V-Vehicle Isn't Dead Yet

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 31

Oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens has a knack for picking underdog projects. The plan to build the largest wind farm in the U.S. fell through and was downsized to a few wind farms in Minnesota. And V-Vehicle, Pickens and Kleiner Perkins' ...READ»

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Current Health Insurance Reform Issues

BY Chad Levin
Relevancy Score: 30

No sooner had President Obama signed the last piece of the health insurance reform package on March 30 than he hit the road, traveling to a number of states to sell the public on the new health care law of the land. On their Easter/Passover recess break, many members of Congress were engaged in their own READ»

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Health Care Reform March 15 2010

BY Chad Levin
Relevancy Score: 42

Week of March 15, 2010The White House last week continued to rail against rising health insurance premiums to help build popular support for his health care reform package. But the effort to focus the blame for rising costs on ...READ»

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Delphian Senior has Article Published in Statesman Journal

BY The Delphian School Oregon
Relevancy Score: 38

An essay written by Delphian School senior and Academic All-Star, Joseph Kim, was recently published by Salem's Statesman Journal. The article discusses what Joseph would do if elected Governor of Oregon. Here's the article:If I were ...READ»

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Health Insurance Reform from EasyToInsureME health insurance quotes

BY Chad Levin
Relevancy Score: 68

Owing to multiple blizzards in Washington, Congress started its President's Day recess a full week early and READ»

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Health Insurance Reform EasyToInsureME FEBRUARY 5 2010

BY Chad Levin
Relevancy Score: 59

Despite proclaiming to focus on other issues, such as the economy and jobs, President Barack Obama injected new energy into the health insurance reform debate this week. READ»

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This Week in Health Insurance Reform--Federal Legislative Overview

BY Chad Levin
Relevancy Score: 39

House and Senate Democratic leaders remain at an impasse on merging their respective health care reform bills.READ»

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This Week in Health Care Reform : EasyToInsureME Health Insurance

BY Chad Levin
Relevancy Score: 43

Congressional leaders are still aiming to have the controversial points in the health care reform bill settledREAD»

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This Week in Health Insurance Quotes Reform : EasyToInsureME

BY Chad Levin
Relevancy Score: 31

While still technically in recess, members of Congress trickled back to Washington, D.C. this week to get a jump start on reconciling the health care reform bills passed by the House and Senate last year.READ»

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Schwarzenegger Veto Prevents State Bar from Raising Dues

BY Alan Insul
Relevancy Score: 48

Alan Insul, a Los Angeles attorney limiting his practice to business, corporate, and real estate, provides pertinent commentary on California Governor’s recent decision to veto a state bar membership dues bill that would have ...READ»

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Schwarzenegger Veto Prevents State Bar from Raising Dues

BY Alan Insul
Relevancy Score: 48

Alan Insul, a Los Angeles attorney limiting his practice to business, corporate, and real estate, provides pertinent commentary on California Governor’s recent decision to veto a state bar membership dues bill that would have ...READ»

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Health Insurance Quotes Reform Weekly EasyToInsureME

BY Chad Levin
Relevancy Score: 48

Health care reform provisions are changing fast as the Senate considers numerous amendments on the floor, and there is no better example of how fast than the much-reported government plan option.READ»

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Health Insurance Quotes Reform EasyToInsureME

BY Chad Levin
Relevancy Score: 74

The Senate began to slog its way through amendments (see below) last week in a process that promises to get harder, not easier.READ»

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25th Anniversary of the First Mandatory Seat-Belt Law in the U.S.

BY Fast Company Calendar
Relevancy Score: 38

Live free or die, indeed: Twenty-five years after the first state law requiring buckling up took effect in New York, only New Hampshire still lacks one. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, the economic benefits of ...READ»

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EasyToInsureME This Week in Health Reform: November 20, 2009

BY Chad Levin
Relevancy Score: 39

This week focused on the unveiling of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-NV) proposed health care reform legislation.READ»

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Individual Health Insurance Reform EasyToInsureME

BY Chad Levin
Relevancy Score: 57

The Business Roundtable released a report late last week that found key components of existing health care reform legislation could slow the growth of health care costs and offer real savings for companies and their employees. READ»

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EasyToInsureME Individual Health Insurance Reform Weekly

BY Chad Levin
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Given that the Senate is expected to require much more time than the House to vote on a health care bill (see below), it is likely there is not enough legislative time left in 2009 to wrap up a bill for Christmas delivery to the White House.READ»

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EasyToInsureME Individual Health Insurance Reform Weekly

BY Chad Levin
Relevancy Score: 44

That the bill going to the floor of the House contains a government plan option is no surprise. But Senate leadership's decisionREAD»

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Paterson’s Bold Carbon Gamble

BY Terry Tamminen
Relevancy Score: 37

...is it a good idea to tax workers and businesses more, penalizing hard work, or is it better to essentially tax waste and thereby encourage conservation? READ»

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Individual Health Insurance Reform Weekly EasyToInsureME

BY Chad Levin
Relevancy Score: 61

Inside-the-Beltway politics were in full swing last week as the insurance industry came under heavy fire from some members of Congress and the media for releasing a PricewaterhouseCoopers report prior to the Senate Finance Committee's scheduled voteREAD»

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What is Your State’s Green Economy Profile? It Could Be the Key to Your Business and Career Success

BY Tracey de Morsella
Relevancy Score: 42

As part of an effort to help states continue to grow these industries, the NGA Center has created a series of reports analyzing emerging "green" economies in each state in terms of the scope of green business activity reveals areas of comparative advantage, promising areas for workforce development and opportunities for building partnerships within and across green industry segments. It is intended that this information be used to help states analyze their current efforts and form strategies to grow green economies.READ»

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Health Insurance Quote Reform Weekly EasyToInsureME 9/11/09

BY Chad Levin
Relevancy Score: 36

Lawmakers returned to Washington this week after a heated August recess to continue to negotiate health care reform. Americans remain sharply divided on legislation: In a Gallup Poll released Tuesday, 39% of those polled say they would direct their member of Congress to vote against a health care reform bill this fall, while 37% want their member to vote in favor of a health care reform bill.READ»

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Individual Health Insurance Quote Reform Weekly: EasyToInsureME : 08/24/09

BY Chad Levin
Relevancy Score: 64

With opposition to a government-plan option evident at many health care reform town hall meetings this summer, an alternative option based on private regional cooperatives is now getting a lot more serious attention. In fact, Senate Finance Committee member Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), part of a six-member team READ»

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Cash for Clunker Buildings

BY Terry Tamminen
Relevancy Score: 30

The feds should take a page from the California playbook (again!) and pay for inspections, training, and tune ups of older buildings.READ»

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