December 27, 2019
A West Virginia coal miner died while working at a Murray Energy mine, Gov. Jim Justice’s office said Tuesday. Raymond Leonard Starkey Jr., 21, of New Martinsville, was fatally injured Monday while helping to repair a beltline at the Marshall …
December 27, 2019
Some Texans will have new consumer protections against surprise medical bills when a new law becomes effective on Jan. 1, the Texas Department of Insurance reported. Patients get surprise medical bills when they get care from a doctor, lab, or …
December 27, 2019
Warning sirens failed to sound before a tornado struck a north Alabama community last week, killing two people, but officials said it probably wouldn’t have mattered even if they had. The area where an EF-2 tornado hit near Town Creek …
December 27, 2019
Collins Community Credit Union is launching Collins Insurance, a partnership with West Des Moines, Iowa-based, independent insurance agency, Coverage Direct. This partnership will provide Collins Community Credit Unions members with direct access to independent insurance options, including affinity discounts, from …
December 27, 2019
Personal income growth in Kansas is below the national average largely because of troubles in agriculture. Kansas farmers face an expanding drought and low commodity prices, though a break in an ongoing tariff dispute may bring those prices up. Agriculture …
December 27, 2019
After an election season in which conservative Republicans made Louisiana’s high car insurance rates a campaign issue, GOP lawmakers expect efforts to try to limit damages awarded in car wreck lawsuits to be front and center in the 2020 legislative …
December 27, 2019
A California man can proceed to trial with a lawsuit against a police officer who choked him unconscious at a Las Vegas nightclub, a federal appeals court ruled this week. “It has long been clear that a police officer may …
December 27, 2019
A former Oregon police officer filed a lawsuit saying he faced retaliation within the department for reporting a former police chief struck him with his arm while holding a metal sign, court records said. Joseph Patnode is suing the Sunriver …
December 27, 2019
BP Alaska agreed to pay a little more than $125,000 in fines over hazardous waste violations on Alaska’s North Slope, officials said. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it reached the agreement with the Alaska arm of oil company BP …
December 27, 2019
Thirty-one people died on the job in Wyoming in 2018, a rate slightly below average. Wyoming has averaged 33 workplace fatalities each year in data going back to 1992, according to the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services. About 61% of …