Monthly Archives: <span>December 2017</span>

FEMA’s Staff `Tapped Out’ After Mounting Disasters

The recent spate of natural disasters hitting the U.S. has left staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency “tapped out” and the agency in an existential reckoning, FEMA‘s chief told a congressional panel. “It is time to question what is …

NTSB Says Enforcement of Ag Transport Safety Laws Ineffective

Three fatal crashes involving vehicles transporting migrant farmworkers have revealed the government is ineffective in enforcing agricultural transportation safety laws, federal investigators said Tuesday. The National Transportation Safety Board issued findings and recommendations after a probe into a 2016 crash …

Wisconsin Businesses Show Signs of Recovery After Summer Flood

For a little while on Wednesday, July 12, Sue and Bob Rubach, who help run The Coffee House in Burlington, Wis., with Bob’s family members, seemed to have the uncontrollable under control. The cafe managed to stay dry in spite …

GM’s Self-Driving Cars to Be Ready for Ride-Sharing in 2019

General Motors Co. plans to have its self-driving cars ready for a ride-share service within two years as the automaker looks beyond traditional car ownership for new tech-driven sources of revenue. After spending more than a year quietly putting the …