A state account that is used to pay for the cost of responding to natural disasters in South Dakota has been replenished by the Legislature to the tune of $1.5 million dollars. The money will be spent to handle remaining …
Gov. Jim Douglas authorized the mobilization of a National Guard task force to assist the City of Montpelier, Vt. with preparations for a potential flood. It is estimated that the soldiers, working with the specially designed machine, can produce approximately …
Gov. M. Jodi Rell and the Office of State Ethics announced a new educational campaign designed to inform the public about the practice of lobbying. The “Are You A Lobbyist?” campaign will help educate the public about what it means …
Gov. Bob Riley visited a Montgomery, Ala. dry cleaners on Monday to promote his plan that would provide a tax incentive for small businesses to offer health insurance for their employees. At Dry-Cleaning Express in Montgomery, Governor Riley discussed the …
Bermuda’s XL Capital Ltd. intends to raise approximately $1.0 billion from an offering of Fixed/Floating Series E Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preference Ordinary Shares (Series E Preference Shares) pursuant to its currently effective shelf registration statement. “The Series E Preference Shares offered …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services recently published a report entitled “Austrian Insurance Ratings Set To Stay Stable For Next Two Years, Drawing On Sound Credit Fundamentals.” It concludes that “credit fundamentals for Austrian insurers have generally improved in recent years …
Police sent to investigate a traffic accident found more than they expected – a small zoo. A kindergarten teacher known as the “Critter Lady” and her menagerie – including a boa constrictor, turtles, frogs, small mammals and a monster toad …
Catherine Hartman is familiar with the concrete barrier where a bus carrying a baseball team from a small Ohio college crashed last week. Five years ago, she and her husband were in an accident at the same spot after she …
The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division has proposed more than $15,000 in fines against ski operator Mt. Bachelor Inc., saying safety violations contributed to a chairlift-maintenance accident that injured four workers. Mt. Bachelor disagrees with some of the findings …
The Colorado House Business Affairs and Labor Committee has approved two workers’ compensation bills, one affecting employee’s choice of physician and another affecting firefighters.. House Bill 1176 would change the workers’ comp system to allow an injured employee to choose …