On average, states allowing the medical use of marijuana have lower rates of deaths resulting from opioid analgesic overdoses than states without such laws. Opioid analgesics, such as OxyContin, Percocet and Vicodin, are prescribed for moderate to severe pain, and …
A state panel established to oversee efforts to keep workers compensation rates in Delaware affordable is getting down to work. The Workers Compensation Oversight Panel is charged with creating a new medical fee schedule that would result in a 33 …
Orange, CA, 8/27/14 – American Technologies, Inc. is proud to announce that Terry Hunt has been hired as the Vice President of Sales and Marketing. In addition to his sales and marketing duties he will become an integral member of …
Officials in North Texas will have to repair faulty bridge beams on the new $1.4 billion Chisholm Trail Parkway after an inspection found design flaws. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that the North Texas Tollway Authority will spend $900,000 to …
State transportation officials believe a section of a main highway in southeast Ohio is sagging because of abandoned coal mine space beneath the road, and they are trying to pinpoint the problem areas that might need to be filled. Officials …
Several areas on Long Island, N.Y., will get about $16 million in federal funding to buy storm-damaged properties and turn them into flood buffers. Newsday says the funding includes $9.9 million for Amagansett, and $5.6 million for Mastic Beach and …
For the fourth year in the report’s history, the top honor of “America’s Safest Driving City” is Fort Collins, Colo., according to Allstate Insurance Company’s tenth annual “Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report.” Fort Collins has placed in the top ten …
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Hiroshima on Monday as rescuers expanded their search for 28 people missing in landslides five days ago that killed more than 50 people. Rain showers raised risks for more slides, hampering the search effort …
A study aimed at reducing collisions between vehicles and animals is targeting a section of Interstate 64 near Waynesboro, Va. Lead researcher Bridget Donaldson tells the Richmond Times-Dispatch that 30 percent of the accidents on the 18 mile-section are collisions …
The University of Arkansas is creating a Walk-Only zone in the center of the Fayetteville campus. Beginning Monday, bicycle riders will be required to walk their bikes, skate boarders carry their boards and no delivery vehicles will be allowed on …