Revelations last week about pilot pay and working conditions at the regional airline involved in an air crash that killed 50 in upstate New York have raised broader concerns that long-term structural changes in the aviation industry may be undermining …
Kentucky police officers will award seat belt wearers with coupons for free food in effort to boost the state’s seat belt usage rate. Drivers and passengers buckled in Monday when they go through the drive-thrus at some McDonald’s restaurants in …
Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen announced the federal government has approved his request for disaster assistance for four counties following severe weather on April 10. Local governments and public utilities in Rutherford, McMinn, Sequatchie and Benton counties are now eligible for …
A former Boise State University, Idaho, athletic trainer has filed a legal claim against the Idaho Board of Medicine alleging she was discriminated against because of her gender and wrongfully punished. In a May 8 claim notice sent to the …
The California legislature is considering amending the state’s insurance code to expand the state’s reporting law in insurance fraud. According to the text of AB 802, existing law requires an insurer, or agent authorized by that insurer to act on …
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced ]that he will deploy Department of Insurance consumer information experts to help Jesusita Fire survivors in Santa Barbara with recovery efforts. “The last thing fire survivors should have to worry about after losing their …
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has asked a court to block renewed efforts to make public a settlement agreement between his office and insurer State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. that was part of their feud over homeowner claims from …
Citizens in four Midwestern states are cleaning up after violent storms killed three people in northern Missouri, damaged hundreds of homes and left thousands without power. Authorities reported at least two tornadoes touching down in Adair County, the first hitting …
A new study has found that 67 percent of the fatalities in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina hit in August 2005 resulted from direct impacts of the flooding that occurred when the levees collapsed, according to a report on Newswise.com. …
The count of Houston-area homes flooded during heavy rains in late April totaled about 2,300, among the highest totals since 73,000 homes were damaged by Tropical Storm Allison in 2001. More than 11 inches of rain fell in some areas …