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$12M in Emergency Funding for Death Valley Flood Repairs

Nearly $12 million has been made available to the National Park Service to repair flood damage to roads in Death Valley National Park, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration said. Most roads in the desert park have been …

Environmental Officer Warns New Jersey Is Not Prepared for Climate Change Effects

New Jersey’s top environmental officer says the state is not ready for the worsening effects of climate change and rising seas. Testifying Thursday to a joint state Senate-Assembly panel on coastal issues, Shawn LaTourette, the commissioner of Environmental Protection, said …

Deadline for Western States to Cut Colorado River Use Looming

Banks along parts of the Colorado River where water once streamed are now just caked mud and rock as climate change makes the Western U.S. hotter and drier. More than two decades of drought have done little to deter the …

3M Faces $100 Billion in Losses From Veterans’ Earplug Suits, Expert Says

3M Co. faces more than $100 billion in losses and bankruptcy because of lawsuits brought by veterans who blame their hearing problems on faulty earplugs, according to a litigation consultant hired by lawyers suing the industrial conglomerate. Initial results from …

Weston’s Texas, Louisiana Policies to be Canceled September 7

Weston Property & Casualty Insurance Co. policies in Texas and Louisiana will be canceled on September 7 after the Florida-based insurer was ordered to end operations in early August after going insolvent. The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) said Weston …

Pair of Texas Companies Earn Safety Awards

The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) renewed two Texas companies’ Lone Star Safety Awards for their exemplary workplace safety programs and low rates of work-related injuries and illnesses. The companies include Pond and Company in Pasadena …

P/C Underwriting Profitability to Worsen as Inflation, Hard Market Persist: Triple-I, Milliman

The 2022 combined ratio for the property/casualty insurance industry is forecast to be 100.7, a worsening of 1.2 points relative to 2021, driven by significant deterioration in the personal auto line. Loss pressures and a hard P/C market are expected …

Packaging Manufacturer Faces $178K in Fines After Ohio Worker’s Burns

A federal workplace safety investigation into how a 25-year-old manufacturing worker suffered serious arm burns in February that required hospitalization, determined his Ohio employer failed to follow required federal safety standards that might have prevented the incident. The U.S. Department …

South Dakota State-Licensed Medical Marijuana Store Opens This Week

Patients enrolled in South Dakota’s medical marijuana program will have their first opportunity to buy cannabis from a state-licensed facility this week. It has been a year and a-half since state voters overwhelmingly approved medical marijuana. The co-owner of one …

Widow of Wisconsin Man who Died at Vet’s Home Sues State, Others

The widow if a man who died at a Wisconsin veterans nursing home is suing the state as well as some of the facility’s employees who she said failed to properly care for her husband. Luane Krall, in her lawsuit, …

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