Despite a state budget crisis and a crumbling national economy, Iowa legislators will nonetheless take on one of the most expensive problems in state history–flood recovery. No one is sure of the price tag, but all agree it’s enormous. And …
Two contractors pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges in Texas for offering thousands of dollars in kickbacks to four former Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District school board members and ex-superintendent Arturo Guajardo. Steven Sambrano, 49, and Ramiro Guzman, 62, both of …
With 30 million drivers in the U.S. aged 65 and over, the public counts on older Americans to recognize when they can no longer drive safely and decide that it’s time to stay off the road. A new study finds …
A Texas businessman faces up to five years in prison and paying more than $1 million in restitution in a Hurricane Rita-related fraud case. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Beaumont says 43-year-old Loc Chanh Tran of Port Arthur, also known …
An Arkansas rice mill has agreed to pay $350,000 after the federal government found the company discriminated against hundreds of women and non-Hispanic job applicants, the U.S. Labor Department announced. Producers Rice Mill Inc., based in Stuttgart, discriminated against 246 …
One of the most refreshingly foolish reasons for not offering writing skills training within a claims department is the overconfident over-reliance on form letters for most communications. Since some claims departments come up with dozens of form letters aimed at …
Raleigh authorities say a woman who sued the city over a head-on crash with a recycling truck has agreed to a $1.1 million settlement. The News & Observer of Raleigh reports the agreement signed earlier this month ends Nirali Manish …
Television announcements about highway work zone safety will be produced by Tennessee high school students. The state transportation department on Monday launched its Between the Barrels Project Orange video contest. Teens who write, shoot and edit a 25-second public service …
Pro-Teck Services, a regional provider of residential insurance inspections in New England, has expanded into New York and New Jersey. Mary Gould, insurance sales director for Pro-Teck, said the firm believes it can help underwriters by giving them a single …
According to catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide, a series of strong earthquakes shook the West Papua province of Indonesia this past weekend. The U.S. Geological Survey reported that the initial quake measured M7.6 and struck on Saturday, January 3 …