About three weeks after a cyberattack on New Orleans city computers forced a shutdown, an official says some systems are ready to go back online. Public safety tools including the court system were scheduled to be up and running on …
A fire on the roof of a northwest Oklahoma City mall was extinguished with no injuries on Jan. 4, fire officials said. Oklahoma City Fire Battalion Chief Benny Fulkerson said the fire on the roof of Quail Springs Mall produced …
An Oklahoma couple has been accused of home repair fraud and embezzlement, where they took more than $313,000 from 10 victims, the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office reported. In a 10-count felony indictment, Bobby and Crystal Smith, who owned Ultimate Roofing …
Arkansas dispensaries sold about $28 million worth of medical marijuana in the first calendar year of legal sales in the state, according to a state agency. More than 4,200 pounds (1905 kilograms) of marijuana was bought in the state this …
The Texas Department of Insurance says its Independent Dispute Resolution portal for medical billing disputes went live on January 1. Employees and authorized representatives for health care providers and health plans can now set up accounts. Requests for mediation and …
The number of licensed insurance producers in Arkansas has risen by 66.1% since early 2015, according to the Arkansas Insurance Department. The department said there are now 145,185 insurance producers and adjusters licensed in the state. Since 2015, 57,355 new …
In late December, the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) released the 2019 Health Care Provider Performance Based Oversight (PBO) assessment. For 2019, health care providers were assessed on their performance in one of three categories: timely …
The Texas Department of Insurance reported that federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data shows there are more workers in shopping malls and retail outlets that get sick and injured than in any other private industry sector in Texas. About …
Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) has kicked off 2020 with the addition of five new member agencies, bringing its total member count to 73. CAA is a privately held agency partner group comprised of independent insurance agencies …
A group seeking to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Oklahoma refiled their petition in late December after facing a fierce backlash over what the plan might do to the state’s burgeoning medical marijuana industry. Two Oklahoma City residents …
