Freedom Industries and West Virginia regulators have signed an agreement for cleaning up the site of a 2014 chemical spill in the Elk River that prompted a tap water ban for 300,000 people for days. The agreement announced Tuesday by …
A Nashville judge has found to be unconstitutional a state law that limits the amount of workers’ compensation benefits laborers living in the country illegally can receive. The ruling stems from the case of a Guatemalan man whose left arm …
A Senate panel moved to close a loophole this week in South Carolina law that seems to allow moped operators to drive while intoxicated. “A person can be literally falling drunk and be riding a moped down the road, which …
Gov. Susana Martinez has signed a bill to allow New Mexico drivers to take safety courses at a younger age. Currently, people can take the refresher courses when they turn 55. Under the bill signed into law Tuesday, they can …
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has signed a bill that creates new statewide regulations for ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft while overriding Salt Lake City regulations that have left the company’s drivers with big fines. Herbert’s office announced Tuesday evening …
Los Angeles County has agreed to pay $4.5 million to a man left paralyzed after treatment at County/USC Medical Center. The Los Angeles Times reported the Board of Supervisors decided Tuesday in favor of the settlement with Justin Malone. In …
New York misspent $6.8 million after Hurricane Sandy in payments to independent consultants for flawed and incomplete work that delayed help to at least 20,000 people with damaged homes, city Comptroller Scott Stringer said. The Office of Housing Recovery Operations …
California Gov. Jerry Brown ordered officials Wednesday to impose statewide mandatory water restrictions for the first time in history as surveyors found the lowest snow level in the Sierra Nevada snowpack in 65 years of record-keeping. Standing in dry, brown …
Nasburg & Company Insurance and Huggins Insurance, both based in Coos Bay, Ore., have merged to become Nasburg Huggins Insurance, and at the same time have entered into an affiliation with Leavitt Group. The announcement comes from the agencies’ principals, …
CRC Insurance Services Inc., a wholesale insurance subsidiary of BB&T Corporation’s principal subsidiary Branch Banking and Trust Company, announced an agreement to acquire strategic assets of NAPCO, LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1996, NAPCO is …
