$4.4 Million The southwest Kansas town of Greensburg, destroyed two years ago by a massive tornado, is due to receive $4.4 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Division to help repair streets and build a …
10% The increase in Atlanta’s homeowners insurance rates that is possible unless the city hires more firefighters and improves fire training. Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine said a report by Insurance Services Office (ISO) that found Atlanta’s public protection classification …
$9.3 Million An Arkansas lawyer who controlled an escrow account for a settlement in a case involving the Bisys Group Inc. insurance services firm has pleaded guilty to charges of stealing more than $9 million from the account. Lawyer Steven …
$9 Million Minimum value of settlements that the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, Delaware estimates it will have to pay to over child sexual abuse cases. The diocese says it may have to sell assets to pay them, although they won’t …
$5 Million The estimated cost of repairs and clean-up at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale as a result of high winds that tore through the campus in May. Much of that total will go to fix broken windows and roof …
10 Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe has declared disasters in 10 more counties, bringing the total of declared disaster areas to 42 due to heavy rain and floods this spring. Beebe added Ashley, Cleburne, Greene, Howard, Jackson, Marion, Nevada, Ouachita, Pike …
55 Drivers age 55 and older are more familiar with who has the legal right of way at intersections, according to a poll by Pemco Insurance, examining whether drivers understand the laws governing four-way stops. Older drivers were more familiar …
64% The percent of consumers who said they were “very or extremely likely” to keep their current vehicle longer than they normally would due to economic conditions, in a poll from R.L. Polk & Co. Additionally, Polk reported that the …
$2 Million Settlement paid by Wal-Mart in connection with the trampling death last year of a temporary worker at its Valley Stream, New York store. The man was crushed by stampeding shoppers on ‘Black Friday.’ As part of the deal, …
64% The percent of consumers who are “very or extremely likely” to keep their vehicle longer due to economic conditions, according to a poll from R. L. Polk & Co. The average expected ownership period rose from a little more …
