December 29, 2011
Golf cart owners in Georgia will soon have stricter requirements to follow if they plan to drive their carts on roadways. A new law taking effect Jan. 1 creates a separate classification of personal transportation vehicles for golf carts. It …
December 28, 2011
More than 1,600 people who filed lawsuits claiming that their health was ruined by dust and smoke from the collapsed World Trade Center must decide by Jan. 2, 2012, whether to keep fighting in court, or drop the litigation and …
December 28, 2011
State Controller John Chiang on Wednesday released his final review of the city of Montebello, alleging possible pension spiking, payroll errors, a loose petty cash drawer, and “systemic problems” in the Southern California city’s internal controls of its finances. “Lax …
December 28, 2011
Neff Risk and Cochrane and Co. will be officially operating as one as of Jan. 1. The combined company will operate under the name Cochrane and Company and be headquartered in Spokane, Wash. “The combination unites two market leaders in …
December 28, 2011
Firefighters say overheated Christmas lights sparked a fire in Mill Creek, Wash. that damaged a home and killed a 3-week-old puppy. The Everett Herald reports that the woman at the residence Sunday night walked into her living room to find …
December 28, 2011
The Utah Department of Transportation is testing a new type of snow fencing along in western Utah County. The Daily Herald of Provo reports the agency has installed 2 miles of snow fencing in three areas along State Route 73 …
December 28, 2011
A clearer picture is surfacing of a new health insurance marketplace intended to help individuals and small businesses shop for health coverage. A preliminary business plan projects that more than 280,000 Oregonians will get health coverage through the Oregon Health …
December 28, 2011
Missoula, Mont. authorities say part of Reserve Street is closed and the immediate area is being evacuated after a head-on collision between a propane truck and another vehicle. Reserve Street is closed between Mullan Road and Third Street. A police …
December 28, 2011
Marin County in Northern California is pumping more money into its legal battle with Deloitte Consulting LLP over a $30 million computer system that county officials say was riddled with problems. The Marin Independent Journal reports that county supervisors earlier …
December 28, 2011
State transportation officials who declined to fund a new pedestrian walkway over a southern New Jersey highway cannot be held responsible for a 2003 accident that killed a boy and injured his younger brother, a state appellate court has ruled. …