On Jan. 4, 2011, the Illinois Workers Compensation Commission (IWCC) shut down a restaurant located in the same building as IWCC offices for noncompliance with the state’s workers’ compensation laws. The IWCC said it gave Steak and Fries, located at …
The case of three southwestern Illinois counties suing to block the U.S. government from declaring the region’s levees functionally useless could be headed for trial in a federal court this spring. A judge has scheduled the trial to begin April …
Record reinsurer capital levels, strong reinsurer capacity, an absence of major catastrophe losses in the U.S. and competitive pressures helped push down January 1 renewal rates for U.S. property/ casualty reinsurance premiums as much as 10 percent on an overall …
The fund czar overseeing the payment of claims for damage caused by the Gulf oil spill is headed to Orange Beach next week for a town meeting. Orange Beach Mayor Tony Kennon told WKRG-TV that fund administrator Ken Feinberg will …
Residents in Australia’s third largest city, Brisbane, sandbagged their homes against rising waters on Monday as torrential rain worsened floods that have paralyzed the coal industry in the northeast and now threaten tourism. Prime Minister Julia Gillard said the cost …
Though it’s been nearly five years since her grandfather died, Alyssa Fodor still remembers the suffering her family experienced when he never returned home from his daily farm chores. And that’s why the 22-year-old from Rittman, Ohio, along with her …
New York City came out overprepared Friday for a weak storm that delivered just a few inches of snow — not enough to plow in most places and likely not enough for the mayor to redeem himself from a disastrous …
Long Island officials estimate damage from the blizzard could cost Suffolk County more than $10 million. Teams from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the state Office of Emergency Management have been touring the area. Beach erosion is a major …
An autopsy has determined that a construction worker killed while working on an Allentown bridge was crushed by gravel and concrete chunks. The Lehigh County Coroner’s office says 20-year-old Michael Wilson died of traumatic injuries suffered while working in a …
Carbon dioxide already emitted into the atmosphere will keep contributing to global warming for centuries, eventually causing a huge Antarctic ice sheet to collapse and lift sea levels, Canadian scientists said Sunday. Even the complete abandonment of fossil fuels and …