The season’s second major hurricane set its sights on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and the tourist haven of Cancun on Sunday, with the Category 4 storm possibly visiting the Texas Gulf Coast later this week. Cancun closed its airport and tourists …
Safety and health hazards at a Lawrence, Mass., textile mill have resulted in $66,375 in proposed penalties from the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Malden Mills was cited for 14 alleged violations of workplace safety and …
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has authorized the use of federal funds to help South Dakota fight the Skyline Number Two Fire in Pennington County, South Dakota. When the State of South Dakota requested …
A new Liberty Mutual Web site reportedly puts benefit tools and information at the fingertips of benefit managers, employees, brokers and consultants. The site – MyLiberty(SM)Connection – is a gateway to Liberty’s on-line tools, secure services, and product information. From …
North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem and Secretary of State Al Jaeger are reminding homeowners of the need for caution when hiring contractors to complete home repairs. Severe weather damage provides an opportunity for a variety of different home repair …
The U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued serious and other-than-serious citations against VTCU Corp. for safety violations found during inspections at the company’s Pocatello, Idaho facility. The citations carry proposed penalties totaling $116,000. The serious …
United States Attorney Kenneth Wainstein announced that Eugene Kojo Holmes, Jr., 28, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced recently by Superior Court Judge Susan Winfield to two years in prison for an attempted aggravated assault of a taxi driver whom the …
New Jersey Banking and Insurance Acting Commissioner Donald Bryan recently announced that medical malpractice liability insurer MIIX Insurance Company will continue operating in solvent runoff, a financial condition it has operated in since 2002. Bryan also announced that upon approval …
New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that the former Chief Financial Officer at the Mt. Carmel Guild Hospital in Essex County has pleaded guilty to submitting fraudulent Medicaid “cost reports” to the federal and state Medicaid Program. As a …
The Nevada Attorney General’s Office announced the affirmation of the conviction of former North Las Vegas City Councilman John Rhodes. The Supreme Court of Nevada notified the Attorney General’s office that it has decided to uphold Rhodes’ 2003 conviction for …