The Texas House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee has approved a provision that would help Texas’ small businesses by increasing the small business exemption under the franchise tax – an initiative that Representative Brandon Creighton (Conroe) has been spearheading …
Oklahoma’s landscape is in constant motion with the activity of oil wells, their seesaw-like movements pumping oil and natural gas to the surface and fueling the state’s economy. Oil wells are also a source of income for hundreds of thousands …
The Workers Compensation Research Institute has named Suzanne M. Guyan as director of membership. Guyan will have responsibility for building and maintaining relationships with public officials and other WCRI stakeholders and will also be responsible for growing and diversifying WCRI’s …
Engle Martin & Associates, Inc., an Atlanta-based multi-line insurance claims administration and adjusting company, has acquired the specialty fraternal and not-for-profit services of Litigation Management Services, LLC (LMS). LMS was founded in 1996. It has specialized in serving the not-for-profit …
With traces of industrial chemicals linked to 3M Co. products turning up in more places, legislators are demanding that state scientists step up their examination of health risks and are allocating money for testing and drinking-water filters. The state Senate …
Hall of Fame linebacker Dick Butkus is suing a Florida club that hands out an award bearing his name. A lawsuit filed earlier this week in Los Angeles federal court demands the Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando turn over control …
Dawn Domain signed up as a member of MedLife Plus to receive its card that promised discounts on medical services of up to 80 percent from local providers in Burlington. But all of the doctors MedLife said would take the …
When streams and rivers throughout West Virginia surged over their banks last week, causing millions of dollars of damage, Garrett Fork in Logan County was virtually alone in not flooding. That’s no anomaly: county officials say Garrett Fork is the …
Power districts across the state will receive at least $109 million in federal assistance for winter storm recovery efforts. The Federal Emergency Management Agency grants include $79.1 million for the Nebraska Public Power District, with money included for expenses incurred …
New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch said flooding and high tides caused more than $36 million in damage last week, and he has asked the federal government to declare the entire state a disaster area so it will qualify for federal …