Should disaster strike and chaos ensue, Nebraskans could be forced to give up their guns, under current law. That’s what happened in New Orleans, when police seized guns after Hurricane Katrina walloped the city in 2005. But a state lawmaker …
Arkansas officials have asked for more time to implement post-Sept. 11 rules for new driver’s licenses. States face a May 11 deadline to comply with the REAL ID regulations, but Arkansas has requested a waiver. “Due to the delay in …
A second man from Springfield, Ore., has filed a lawsuit in Nebraska alleging that the Omaha Archdiocese ignored reports that one of its priests was having improper contact with children. The lawsuit was filed this week in U.S. District Court …
From storms that flooded the Midwest destroying homes and business in the summer to a court ruling that could have a significantly negative impact on the medical malpractice insurance market in the state of Illinois, 2007 was a year to …
Severe summer storms that ransacked the Midwest, a court ruling that could negatively impact the medical malpractice insurance market in Illinois and RICO allegations in Minnesota were just a few of the news stories that made 2007 a year to …
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner James Donelon believes there is “light at the end of the tunnel” for the property insurance market in his state. The devastation of the coastal areas in 2005 via Hurricanes Katrina and Rita threw a wrench into …
Congress approved legislation this week aimed at strengthening pool safety, six months after a 6-year-old girl was seriously injured by a drain’s powerful suction. The legislation would ban the manufacture, sale or distribution of drain covers that don’t meet anti-entrapment …
New figures show about $2.3 million in damages from last week’s ice storm in southeast Nebraska. It’s more than double the figure released last week, which didn’t include damage in Falls City, the area hardest hit by the storm that …
The lights are going back on slowly in Oklahoma after a massive ice storm, the insured losses from which could reach $35 million, an insurance industry trade group said. “Insurance claims from ice damage are often slow in coming in …
A disbarred Omaha attorney accused of keeping his clients’ insurance settlements has been sentenced to prison. A judge sentenced Tom Gleason on Monday to two to three years behind bars. Gleason pleaded guilty in September to two counts of theft …
