Kansas is getting more than $5 million in federal funds to improve truck and bus safety. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator Anne S. Ferro made the announcement last week in Goddard. The grants include nearly $4 million for the Kansas …
The federal government is providing more than $16 million to help control the mudslides that often cancel passenger train service in Washington during rainy weather. The U.S. Department of Transportation earlier turned down a $10 million state request for mudslide …
A New Milford police lieutenant who was fired two months before he was eligible to retire has filed a federal lawsuit seeking $10 million in punitive damages. Former Lt. James Duda’s attorney says he was fired without due process in …
The first federal trial on lawsuits seeking damages from the Tennessee Valley Authority’s huge coal ash spill is set to start. A bench trial on six lawsuits starts Thursday before U.S. District Judge Thomas Varlan in Knoxville. The lawsuits seek …
As many property owners continue to recover from hurricane and tropical storms Irene and Lee and new storms form offshore, the U.S. Senate is taking steps to renew the federal flood insurance program. Today, the Senate Committee on Banking and …
The White House estimated on Monday that Hurricane Irene will cost federal taxpayers $1.5 billion in disaster relief, further ballooning a government account that was already the focus of fresh partisan friction between President Barack Obama and Congress. The preliminary …
A federal judge has ruled that plaintiffs can seek punitive damages in some claims related to the 2010 Gulf oil spill. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier’s ruling came in mass litigation related to thousands of claims over economic damages. The …
A broken pipe flooded courtrooms and offices and damaged computers and other high-tech equipment at the Thomas Eagleton U.S. Courthouse in St. Louis on Wednesday, forcing some court hearings to be rescheduled and potentially costing millions of dollars to repair. …
A proposed settlement has been reached in a federal class-action lawsuit against LegalZoom Inc., the online vendor of legal forms and documents. The lawsuit had been scheduled go to trial Monday in U.S. District Court in Jefferson City. But California-based …
Authorities say federal and state disaster assistance for flooding in North Dakota has topped $250 million. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says more than 9,500 people have registered so far and more than $87 million has been approved for temporary …