Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb and Oklahoma business leaders rolled out their legislative agenda for small businesses and manufacturers Tuesday, citing workforce development and sweeping changes to the state’s workers’ and unemployment compensation systems as their top priorities. Developed during a …
Likely New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial candidate Barbara Buono was cited Tuesday for not buckling up while riding in the back seat of a car that was in an accident a day earlier. Buono was taken to a hospital – though …
Republicans are hoping the third time is a charm for a measure a Missouri House committee considered Monday that would make it harder for employees to win lawsuits alleging workplace discrimination. Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon has vetoed similar legislation each …
The families of three college-bound friends murdered in a Newark, N.J., schoolyard in 2007 have reached a $5 million settlement in a lawsuit against the city and state. The settlement was announced Tuesday, several weeks into a civil trial. The …
British authorities on Tuesday raided a slaughterhouse and a meat processing company suspected of selling horsemeat labeled as beef for kebabs and burgers. It was the first time since the growing scandal broke across Europe that horsemeat being marketed as …
Representatives from the construction and insurance industries are joining small business owners in Albany in an effort to reform the state’s so-called Scaffold Law. Mike Elmendorf, president of the state Association of General Contractors, says more than 150 people from …
Nearly $208 million in insurance payments in 6,600 checks haven’t been released from banks to victims of Superstorm Sandy, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. He says his administration is working with banks to pay the money more quickly. The insurance …
Cleveland is one step closer to prohibiting drivers from talking on cellphones without using hand-free devices. WEWS-TV reports that a bill is moving through the Ohio city council. It goes to another committee later this month and would make it …
Fire inspectors in a north-central Indiana city have told county officials to clean up the Miami County Courthouse’s cluttered fourth floor. The Kokomo Tribune reports that courthouse employees have used the fourth floor for decades as a dump site for …
A U.N. agency that sets global aviation safety standards is moving to prevent aircraft batteries like the one that caught fire on a Boeing 787 last month from being shipped as cargo on passenger planes. People familiar with the panel’s …