Fire has destroyed a shop near Paris where specialty Kentucky auto license plates were manufactured. According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, CWF Products in Bourbon County made plates for the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville, among others. Owner …
A Lake Stevens, Wash., man was sentenced to 60 days in jail converted to electronic home monitoring after a state investigation showed he failed to obtain workers’ compensation benefits for his employees. David Erick Rau, owner of Davey’s Roofing, pled …
Colorado Democrats rejected a Republican proposal for a sales-tax holiday on disaster preparedness items like first aid kits, flashlights and bottled water. The proposal would have created a state sales tax holiday on the first weekend in September this year …
The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity is sending $62 million to 55 communities around the state for use on disaster plans. The department announced Thursday the money is part of the IKE Disaster Recovery Planning Program. The program …
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant says the Federal Emergency Management Agency has declared two more Mississippi counties as disaster areas due to storms and tornadoes that pounded the state last Sunday. Marion and Wayne counties were named disaster areas on Friday. …
Florida investigators contacted more than 770 employers and issued 70 citations to construction companies and other businesses that put their employees at risk by failing to carry the required workers’ compensation insurance, the result of a two-day statewide sweep of …
New Mexico’s tax on car and truck purchases would increase to finance $300 million in highway improvements under legislation approved by a House panel. The motor vehicle excise tax would go from 3 percent to 4 percent until 2028 under …
Authorities announced this week that a Utica, N.Y., woman has been sentenced for her role in an insurance and health care fraud scheme. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York said Cynthia Morgan was sentenced by …
Oklahoma’s governor won’t request a performance audit of the agency that regulates insurance because the department had one late last year. In a letter to Sen. Harry Coates, Gov. Mary Fallin said the audit filed with state auditor and inspector …
As the bone-chilling cold of winter grips the nation, many Americans take to alternative heating sources to keep their homes warmer and save on expensive heating bills — but families using these heating sources should proceed with caution. On Feb. …