In a fast-paced economy, lawmakers must pick up speed
. - For reasons that may be as innocent as a choked calendar, legislative progress has stalled on a bill that would trade Wisconsin's city-by-city regulation of the cable television industry for statewide video franchises. The bill, which would create jobs, help many consumers and speed new technologies to the market, passed the <a href="http://ww...Eight lawmakers named to Speaker's IT task force
<br...Four ways lawmakers could help Wisconsins high-growth economy
Some might say the legacy of the 2005-2006 session of the Wisconsin Legislature wasn't formed on the Assembly or Senate floor, but in court, where a few former leaders were prosecuted for illegally using state resources for campaigns. Others might say this Legislature will be remembered for debating a steady diet of social issues, from carrying concealed weapons to...Lawmakers alerted on new tobacco control policies by research team
The Smoking ban around the world can be materialized by increasing cigarette taxes, raising the smoking age and adopting new or enforcing current regulations that prevent or delay youth smoking according to a researchers. // This move is expected to improve the lives of billions of people addicted to this habit. It is time that lawmakers quickly adopt the suggestion and act accordingly. <b...Texas Lawmakers Give The Boot To Cervical Cancer Vaccine
A vote against vaccination of sixth-grader girls to prevent cervical cancer, has come in the face of its sponsor-Texas Governor Rick Perry. //The move sees that Texas will not, become the first state to require sixth-grade girls to be vaccinated against a sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer. Yesterday, the Texas House gave the go ahead to the Senate bill opposing the...American State Lawmakers Make Moves To Tackle Autism
Senators worried over New Jerseys claim to the highest autism rate in America, have pushed toward law proposals to promote research into autism and provide lifetime care for those with the disorder. A recent U.S. study of childhood autism, the largest so far, has found that about 1 in 152 have the disorder, with the highest rate 1 in 94 children found in New Jersey. According to M...US Lawmakers Considering Legislation to Restrict Payments by Drug Companies to Doctors
Reports continue to pour in that US doctors tend to prescribe unwanted, even possibly harmful medicines in return for payments from drug makers in the name of lecture assignments. Lawmakers are stepping in to see whether they could require drug makers to disclose payments made to doctors and also keep within certain limits such payments. US psychiatrists, for instance, earn...Sex Offender Honored Twice by Texan Lawmakers
There were a lot of red faces among Texan lawmakers on Friday as they learned that a Fort Worth doctor, twice honored as the "doctor of the day," was a registered sex offender and convicted of an illicit relationship with a 17-year-old. The "doctor of the day" is on call to assist legislators, their staff members and the public with medical needs. Dr. Nilon Tallant, 75, was...