The persistent snows of January and early February have increased the risk of flooding in low-lying areas of north and central Idaho this winter and spring, even while water shortages remain possible this summer in the southern part of the …
A federal court jury sides with a suburban St. Louis fire captain in a dispute concerning his arrest over where he parked a fire truck during a 2003 car crash rescue. The jury awarded $17,500 to fire Capt. David Wilson …
A North Dartmouth, Mass. couple was convicted in federal court of paying out more than $40 million in cash wages through their temporary employment agency in order to evade millions of dollars in tax payments and workers compensation insurance premiums, …
The Connecticut Insurance Department this month launched a year-long pilot program that will exempt some complicated commercial rate and form filings from being initially reviewed by the state – although insurers using those forms will still be subject to an …
Six members of a Houston grand jury that indicted a Texas Supreme Court justice and his wife over a house fire have filed a lawsuit so they can speak about evidence in the case. By law, grand jury proceedings are …
Eric Paul Wells, an attorney from Paris, is the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission’s newest administrative law judge, the agency announced. Since March 2004 he has been the deputy prosecuting attorney for the 15th Judicial District (comprised of Yell, Logan, and …
Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announced the appointment of Denise Brignac as chief deputy commissioner of the Department of Insurance. Brignac took over the department’s number two position on Feb. 8 following the resignation of Bill Newton. Brignac joined …
The Oklahoma Insurance Department issued a reminder to all licensed producers and adjusters in the state that they must notify the department of address changes within 30 days of the change. Failure to notify the Oklahoma Insurance Department of change …
The House of Raeford boasts that its plant in Greenville, S.C., has gone more than 7 million hours without having a worker miss an entire shift because of injury. But the North Carolina-based company has met that mark by bringing …
Tired firefighters worked Wednesday to eliminate hot spots after portions of the sprawling American Furniture Manufacturing plant in Mississippi’s Pontotoc County were destroyed by a major blaze. The 1.2 million-square-foot facility, located about a mile out of Ecru, Miss., emplys …