Police in New Jersey issued approximately 120,000 tickets during the year since the state banned motorists from texting or using hand-held cell phones. A two-week “Hang Up, Just Drive” initiative that targeted motorists in 18 towns resulted in 4,075 summonses …
Relatives of three men killed on the Bay Bridge in 2007 after a trailer detached from an SUV have filed a $19 million lawsuit against the SUV driver, a state agency and others. James H. Ingle, 44, Randall R. Orff, …
Investigators in Delaware continue to look into the cause of fires that damaged three new model homes in a development outside Milton. The State Fire Marshal’s Office has not yet labeled the fires arson. The blazes broke out early Friday …
The Florida House has approved property insurance legislation that promises to reduce the exposure of the state’s backup hurricane insurance fund and gradually raise rates for policyholders insured in state-backed Citizens Property Insurance. Lawmakers approved the proposal (HB 1495) on …
The trustee of a troubled Grand Island, Neb., insurance agency has warned customers of an affiliated company to find a new insurer. In letters sent this week to First Nations Compensation Plan customers, Thomas Stalnaker said the company does not …
A new report says workplace accident deaths in Michigan have dropped significantly in the past two years. Michigan State University reported that 120 workers died on the job in Michigan in 2007, down from 157 in 2006. The report says …
A private school voucher program for children from low-income families in Florida would be strengthened by a bill the House passed last week, but critics say it would be another financial blow for public education. Businesses now can take a …
Taiwan and China signed a series of landmark agreements on Sunday laying the groundwork for a flood of investment in financial services to flow across the Taiwan Strait for the first time in six decades. The agreements are the latest …
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is not backing down from his proposal to trim $1 million in state spending from wildfire fighting, even as damages mount in a fire near Myrtle Beach. Sanford spokesman Joel Sawyer said that a fee …
Southeast Asia faces one of the world’s highest climate change bills, the Asian Development Bank said on Monday, unless the region adapts to climate change and joins the rest of the world in cutting greenhouse gas emissions. The destructive effects …
