A company in Arkansas can fire an employee who can’t work because of a serious disease, like cancer, a federal appeals court in St. Louis has ruled. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Fred’s Stores of Arkansas, …
Louisiana’s coastal protection authority wants to spend $778 million on projects restoring the Gulf Coast and protecting against hurricanes in the next fiscal year. The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority on voted without objection to approve the spending plan for …
The Chicago Police Department is reporting 13 officers were arrested last year for driving under the influence, with five of them involved in auto accidents that caused two injuries. The disclosure April 15 came days after an off-duty Chicago police …
Lillian Smith Haydel, who pleaded guilty to paying kickbacks for insurance contracts to a former New Orleans school official, has been sentenced to five years probation. Haydel, an aunt of former New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial, also will serve four …
Texas lawmakers, unhappy with a recent state Supreme Court decision in a high profile workers’ compensation case, have passed out of committee a measure its sponsors say will overturn the Court’s ruling in Entergy v. Summers. In early April the …
Too busy fleeing from a hurricane to decide which evacuation route to take in Mississippi? You may want to check your cell phone or laptop for a tweet. Mississippi Department of Transportation officials will use the micro-blogging platform Twitter to …
A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to positive from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘B++’ (Good) and issuer credit rating of “bbb+” of Illinois-based American Freedom Insurance Company. Best said the “ratings reflect American Freedom’s solid …
A Massey Energy subsidiary was fined $2.5 million fine this week after a federal judge accepted the company’s guilty plea to 10 criminal charges for a fire that killed two West Virginia coal miners. U.S. District Judge John Copenhaver approved …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has affirmed its ‘BBB+’ global scale long-term counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on AXA Seguros S.A. de C.V. (AXA Seguros; formerly known as Seguros ING S.A. de C.V.). S&P also affirmed its ‘mxAAA’ national …
The hidden face. The hiss of assisted breathing. The size-doubling suit. No wonder many children are scared not only of fires, but of firefighters, according to Lt. Jack White of Fire Station No. 6 in Tuscaloosa. “When we get dressed …