Many states across the country, particularly in the Southeast, are unprepared to face the risks posed from extreme heat, drought, wildfires, inland flooding, coastal flooding and other extreme weather events, according to a new report card from the States at …
A Bismarck, N.D, insurance and securities agent has been served a cease and desist order for allegedly accepting money from clients and issuing them fraudulent certificates of deposit. North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm served the order against Kevin Wanner …
Judges and juries around the country are being asked to decide whether Uber and Lyft drivers and other participants in the “gig economy” are really independent contractors or just employees in disguise. But what if they’re something else altogether? Vince …
The Alamance-Burlington, North Carolina, Board of Education has settled with a student burned by melted cheese in a school cafeteria. The Times-News reports that during a hearing Dec. 7, the school board agreed to pay the girl and her mother …
Obamacare is about to test how well people respond to economic incentives. About 3.5 million Americans who are uninsured today could get health coverage in 2016 for less than what they’ll pay in penalties under Obamacare, according to a new analysis. …
A San Francisco judge who is the brother of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will oversee more than 500 consumer lawsuits against Volkswagen AG over claims of economic losses connected to rigged emissions-testing software. U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer …
Travelers to and from Las Vegas can now take an Uber to and from McCarran International Airport as the company has reached an agreement with the airport. The Las Vegas Sun reported that the airport’s Uber ban was lifted this …
Authorities will step up roundups of drunken-driving fugitives in New Mexico and citizen watchdogs will one day monitor state judges who are routinely lenient on drunken-driving suspects under a plan unveiled Monday by Gov. Susana Martinez. Speaking in front of …
Associates of Glens Falls Insurance, an independent agency in Glens Falls, New York, announced that it has acquired Loomis & LaPann Inc., an insurance brokerage unit of regional commercial bank Glens Falls National Bank and Trust Company. Terms of the …
Federal safety officials have cited a San Antonio-based framing contractor after a worker fell 35 feet to his death at a work site in Kyle, Texas. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Longhorn Contractors for safety violations at Kyle …