Ohio plans to create a network linking thousands of cameras monitoring public roads and schools and privately owned businesses such as shopping malls. The Ohio Homeland Security agency says the goal is to provide eyes for police, firefighters and other …
The staff of the Colorado Water Conservation Board is backing off a suggested flood plain rule that could have further limited where new hospitals, police stations and other critical facilities could be built. The board is updating rules adopted in …
A subsidiary of Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. is buying Factual Photo, Inc., a national provider of investigative services for employers, insurers and claims management professionals that specializes in workers’ compensation, disability and other employment-related claims. Closing is scheduled for …
The Arkansas Insurance Department announced changes to its system for filing of continuing education hours by CE providers. The new program (LEO) allows providers to electronically file completions with the department by downloading a batch file or individual input of …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Houston, Texas-based Igloo Products Corp. with 14 alleged serious, two alleged repeat and four alleged other-than-serious violations for exposing workers to multiple safety hazards. Proposed penalties total $113,500. …
The Texas Department of Public Safety says a traffic accident led to a fire that destroyed a more than century-old live music dance club in Uhland. Club 21 was billed as “the oldest continually operated country dance hall in Texas.” …
A Mecklenburg County insurance adjuster has been arrested for alleged embezzlement, according to Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. Shaun Brown, 32, of Charlotte, has been charged with four counts of embezzlement. Investigators allege that while Brown was employed as an insurance …
Myrtle Beach hoteliers who have to keep their pools running all winter long for snowbirds are having to replace their glass enclosures with safer ones. The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reported Sunday that a federal ban on certain pool …
There were a raft of hazards and regulatory failures at a contaminated ground zero tower where two firefighters died, but that’s not a reason to toss out manslaughter charges against three construction company figures who worked there, a judge ruled …
State regulators have proposed $19,670 in civil penalties against a Virginia company stemming from a fatal forklift accident. State records obtained by The News-Virginian under the state’s Freedom of Information Act show “serious” safety violations were found during a probe …