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  Illinois Senate OKs union-backed pension deal

  By Sara Burnett  |  May 10, 2013

  Yet lawmakers are still dickering over competing proposals for dealing with the nation’s worst state pension crisis.

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  California to let exchange keep vendor contracts private

  By Michael R. Blood  |  May 9, 2013

  The exchanges in Idaho and New Mexico must comply with state open-records laws.

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  Ill. committee passes union-backed pension plan

  By Sara Burnett  |  May 9, 2013

  Illinois has the nation’s worst state pension crisis, due largely to years of lawmakers skipping or shorting their payments to the state’s five retirement systems.

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  Conn. legislature mulls worker retirement access

  By Stephen Singer  |  May 8, 2013

  Connecticut’s private sector workers would have access to state-run retirement plans under legislation moving through the General Assembly.

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  Disability Insurance Observer: Wellness

  By Allison Bell  |  May 8, 2013

  The income protection community has a stake in knowing what really works.

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  New Hampshire faces Medicaid provider shortage

  By Norma Love  |  May 8, 2013

  The state is letting network managers offer providers higher pay rates.

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  Florida Senate rejects pension changes

  By Bruce Schreiner  |  May 1, 2013

  The debate about future pension benefits comes as other states have been following the lead of many American companies.

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  FPA makes two big pushes in Washington

  By Melanie Waddell  |  April 30, 2013

  The FPA is “well under way” in putting its advocacy infrastructure in place, says FPA President Michael Branham.

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  AALU to Congress: Life insurance is not a tax expenditure

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  April 30, 2013

  In preparation for the debate on tax reform, the industry is now marshaling arguments to defend the tax-favored treatment of its products.

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  California lawmakers add PPACA coverage rules to state law

  By Judy Lin  |  April 30, 2013

  Backers say state regulators will get the authority to enforce federal market standards.