Read more regulations stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/27839/regulations.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:25:25 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71880/nyc-to-ban-all-cabbie-phone-calls.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission is cracking down on its drivers, proposing tough new rules today that ban the use of any electronic communication devices while on the job, hands-free included. "Every driver will be prohibited from even wearing a Bluetooth device on their ears and after three...http://www.newser.com/story/71880/nyc-to-ban-all-cabbie-phone-calls.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 10:29:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62874/greedy-farmers-battle-climate-bill-that-benefits-them.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFarmers are among those facing the highest risk from global warming—storms, droughts and swarms of insect pests are coming their way—yet “true to form,” they’re not interested in backing a bill to fight it without reaping even more government cash, sputters Steven Pearlstein in the Washington Post . What...http://www.newser.com/story/62874/greedy-farmers-battle-climate-bill-that-benefits-them.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 26 Jun 2009 7:49:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61251/us-to-expand-executive-pay-supervision.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Obama administration is set to announce new executive pay guidelines for banks and other corporations that have received bailout funds, the New York Times reports. Any company that’s taken two rounds of TARP cash—including Citigroup, Bank of America, AIG, GM and GMAC—will have to get pay changes...http://www.newser.com/story/61251/us-to-expand-executive-pay-supervision.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 08 Jun 2009 6:44:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59793/obama-overrules-the-overruling-of-state-laws.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama is rewriting another set of rules inherited from his predecessor. This time, the Washington Post reports, it’s President Bush’s policy of overriding state laws with federal regulations, known as “preemption.” Says an activist, “It's environmental law, it's drug law, it's mortgage law, it's a whole host of areas...http://www.newser.com/story/59793/obama-overrules-the-overruling-of-state-laws.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 22 May 2009 8:03:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56979/market-regulation-bill-no-longer-on-fast-track-frank.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOnce on the fast track to President Obama’s desk, a bill that would grant the government powers to place large companies into receivership has been pushed to the slow lane, Rep. Barney Frank tells the Wall Street Journal . The bill’s complexity, and a slow-moving Senate, led the Financial Services Committee...http://www.newser.com/story/56979/market-regulation-bill-no-longer-on-fast-track-frank.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Apr 2009 9:47:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/45555/obama-reviews-abortion-rules.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama’s transition team is hard at work deciding how and when to undo the Bush administration’s abortion policies, the Wall Street Journal reports. Bush’s ban on federal stem cell research funding will be among the first to go—a move that has broad bipartisan support—along with Reagan’s “global...http://www.newser.com/story/45555/obama-reviews-abortion-rules.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Dec 2008 8:07:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44832/bill-subject-to-toothless-rules.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBill Clinton agreed to rules covering his charity work and earnings so his wife can run the State Department, but the new restrictions still offer the former president plenty of leeway, Politico reports. Clinton may stick to the rules at first, but “then perhaps—just because he has this magnetic...http://www.newser.com/story/44832/bill-subject-to-toothless-rules.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 09 Dec 2008 13:07:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44119/eu-repeals-straight-banana-curvy-cucumber-laws.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe EU took a U-turn on curved cucumbers and bent bananas and voted to repeal strict laws that ban the sale of imperfect produce, the Washington Post reports. Shops are barred from selling cauliflower less than 4.33 inches in diameter and not-green-enough asparagus until July, when such laws—long...http://www.newser.com/story/44119/eu-repeals-straight-banana-curvy-cucumber-laws.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 02 Dec 2008 11:31:04 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43287/score-card-on-late-white-house-rules-changes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith the Bush White House pushing through a raft of last-minute rules, the nonprofit journalism group ProPublica offers a running list, with the status of each: Business-friendly safety regulations would loosen restrictions on exposure to toxic chemicals in the workplace. Local police would get increased surveillance ability. Loaded guns would...http://www.newser.com/story/43287/score-card-on-late-white-house-rules-changes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 21 Nov 2008 8:28:19 CST