Workers' Compensation News
| Governor Approves 15% Rate Decrease | 11/18/2025 | ||
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| Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon approved a 15% rate decrease for policies incepting in 2026. The governor's office said this is the third straight reduction. "Following a 6% reduction in 2024 and a 12% reduction in 2025, this new decrease brings the total industry base rate redu...Read More | |||
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Governor Again Pushes Privatization as Budget Fix | 11/13/2025 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday pitched lawmakers on spending less for Medicaid and privatizing Pinnacol Assurance as solutions for an expected $850 million budget deficit, just as he did last year when the state was facing a $1 billion shortfall. ...Read More | |||
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Goldberg Segalla Welcomes Bryan Strand | 10/23/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Goldberg Segalla announced that Bryan Strand joined the firm's workers' compensation defense practice in Chicago. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Contractor Coverage Bills | 10/09/2025 | |
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| California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed bills requiring regulators to provide yearly updates on disciplinary actions against unlicensed contractors and setting a minimum fine for contracting without work comp coverage. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Airport Firefighter Presumption Bill | 10/08/2025 | |
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| Firefighters at commercial airports regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration will be entitled to a series of rebuttable presumptions under a bill California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs QME Template, Heart Presumption Bills | 10/07/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed bills to revise the medical-legal process and to extend the heart trouble presumption to peace officers for the Department of State Hospitals and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. ...Read More | |||
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Guilty Plea Triggers Suspension Despite Subsequent Dismissal | 09/09/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California's law requiring the Division of Workers' Compensation to suspend providers convicted of certain crimes applies when charges are dismissed after a guilty plea, the 2nd District Court of Appeals ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Gideon Baum Succeeds Alex Swedlow as CWCI President | 09/03/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Gideon Baum succeeded Alex Swedlow to become the fifth president of the California Workers' Compensation Institute, effective Monday. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill to Require Coverage for Counseling | 08/26/2025 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill that will require workers' compensation to pay for 12 hours of counseling for first responders after certain events. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Approves Returning Comp Judges to DWD, Vetoes Contractor Status for Uber Drivers | 08/12/2025 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed a bill bringing workers' compensation judges back to the Department of Workforce Development. The governor on Frida...Read More | |||
