Monthly Archives: <span>July 2018</span>

Forecasters Now See Below-Average Activity for Rest of Hurricane Season

Scientists at Colorado State University’s Tropical Meteorology Project have decreased their forecast and now believe that 2018 hurricane season will have below-average activity. According to the forecasters, the tropical and subtropical Atlantic is currently much colder than normal, and the …

Airlines Dodge Minimum Seat Sizes as FAA Finds No Safety Issue

Hopes for more legroom in increasingly cramped airplane cabins were dashed when U.S. regulators, responding to a court order, said they found no need to impose new standards on airlines. The Federal Aviation Administration, in a letter dated Monday, said …

Harvey Recovery Will Include Dredging of Parts of San Jacinto River

Anglers at Kingwood’s River Grove Park couldn’t see the opposite bank of the San Jacinto River as they cast their lines into its murky water one recent morning. The view was obscured by a wall of sand pushed into the …

Jones Orders Workers’ Comp Insurers to Report Federal Income Tax Savings

California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced earlier this week he has issued an order that every insurer licensed to write workers’ compensation insurance in the state must report their federal income tax savings annually through a rate filing in light …

Oklahoma’s Proposed Medical Pot Rules Detail Doctor, Patient Parameters

A few things would be banned under proposed emergency rules to regulate medical marijuana in Oklahoma, including dispensaries near schools, indoor smoking in public places and psychoactive gummy bears. Oklahomans voted to legalize medical marijuana Tuesday via State Question 788, …

California High Court Says Yelp Can’t Be Ordered to Remove Posts

Online review site Yelp.com cannot be ordered to remove posts against a San Francisco law firm that a judge determined were defamatory, a divided California Supreme Court ruled Monday in a closely watched case that internet companies warned could be …

Fraud News: Fake Theft Claim, Iowa Claims Rep and Texas Pharmacist Sentenced

Hawaii Man Accused of Making False insurance Claims Pleads Guilty A Honolulu police officer suspected of staging a home burglary has pleaded guilty to two charges related to the incident. Travis E. Copeland pleaded guilty to two counts of insurance …

Residents Begin Cleanup After Iowa Flooding

Residents in the Des Moines, iowa, area are cleaning up after deadly floods destroyed homes and submerged cars, while officials work to tally up the full extent of the damage. Heavy rains over the weekend forced the evacuation of numerous …

State Committee May Decide PG&E, Edison Wildfire Costs

Utility giants PG&E Corp. and Edison International are facing billions of dollars in potential liabilities from devastating wildfires that broke out across California last year. For a look at how much they could end up on the hook for in …

GM Readies for Use of Robo-Taxis in San Francisco

General Motors Co. has created its own ride-hailing platform and quietly built one of the largest charging stations in the U.S. to get its Cruise self-driving car unit ready to enter the robo-taxi business next year. Cruise has installed 18 …