The District of Columbia reports that it is part of a $100 million settlement with digital asset lending platform BlockFi Lending. The Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (DISB) said the settlement is related to the company’s sales of unregistered …
Waltham, Massachusetts-based pretzel maker Eastern Standard Provisions managed to get its pretzels on Oprah Winfrey’s “Oprah’s Favorite Things” list in 2019 and that led to a boom in business. Last year, the company repeated the feat by getting what it …
Digital insurer Lemonade has expanded its pet insurance into the state of Massachusetts, marking the 37th state where it’s available. The pet policies cover dogs or cats. According to the insurer, Massachusetts has seen an increase in pet ownership throughout …
A Bennington, Vermont task force is seeking opinions from the public about a recommendation for a police department review board in the southwestern Vermont community. Bennington’s 10-member Safety and Equity Task Force released its recommendations to the select board last …
A bus company accused of overcharging New Jersey Transit for missed trips and over-billing for hours and miles driven will pay more than $20 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the state, the attorney general’s office said Friday. Acting …
Gov. Phil Scott last week vetoed a bill that proposed creating a framework for registering construction contractors, saying it would hurt small businesses. The Republican said that while he supports protecting the interests of consumers, the legislation favors larger and …
New Hampshire’s Catholic Medical Center has agreed to pay $3.8 million to resolve allegations that it violated federal law against kickbacks. According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, the Manchester hospital paid its cardiologists to cover for another cardiologist’s patients when …
World Insurance Associates said it acquired Allied Partners Insurance Inc. of Gaithersburg, Maryland on February 1, 2022. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Allied Partners Insurance, Inc. was established in 2014. Wilberto Rivera and Nathan Wethje are owners. World …
A man discovered stumbling downtown in Lewiston with a severed arm is believed to have inflicted the injury himself, police said. The victim was injured with a band saw used to cut meat, but didn’t work at the market where …
A federal judge has ruled that a Maine hospital violated the state’s equal pay law by paying a female psychologist barely half the wage of her male colleagues. The judge ruled that Northern Light Acadia Hospital violated the Maine Equal …
