The state of New Jersey says a company it hired to oversee the rebuilding of homes damaged or destroyed by Superstorm Sandy is being phased out of its duties. The state government says it started informing homeowners this week that …
An excavator tore down an aging former school Friday in rural Oklahoma, but it was what was left standing that drew a crowd. After the ceilings and concrete walls of the old Little Axe middle school came down with ease, …
Labor contractors would be protected from some litigation under a bill that cleared a Senate panel Thursday. If passed, the bill would insulate primary contractors from any liability for the illegal practices of their subcontractors. The bill also broadens the …
A Las Vegas pet shop owner has been indicted on felony and misdemeanor charges accusing her of setting fire to her storefront business where 27 puppies were rescued last month. The indictment handed up Friday contains the same 31 charges …
Fourteen families in central Arkansas have filed a lawsuit in connection with a series of earthquakes in Faulkner County that prompted the state in 2011 to ban the use of four natural-gas drilling disposal wells in a large area mostly …
A former hospital chief of staff has been named medical director of the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission. Dr. Jay Cannon of Oklahoma City will be working with administrative law judges on independent medical examinations and vocational rehabilitation orders. He will …
San Diego, Calif. (Feb. 18, 2014) – Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, a national multi-line program manager, welcomes James Norris to the team as its chief actuary. In his position, Norris will be responsible for Atlas’ actuarial and analytic areas …
As we move further into the New Year, when most people typically begin to let their resolutions slide, the federal government is still working on promises made at the end of 2013—to fix, or at least improve, issues with the …
The husband of Jenni Rivera is suing the owners of the plane that crashed in northern Mexico in December 2012, killing the Mexican-American pop star and six others. City News Service says former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Esteban Loaiza filed …
One thinks of Florida when one envisions massive sinkholes swallowing whole buildings in a single gulp. But in Juneau, the city not only has a massive sinkhole threatening its downtown fire station, but that hole may cost a million dollars …