June 18, 2007
26 The number of people arrested by Florida officials on charges of using fraudulent identification to gain employment. The arrests stem from a joint investigation by the Department of Financial Services and the Department of Environmental Protection that found 115 …
June 18, 2007
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., is pressing the Bush administration to fully fund a compensation program for sick nuclear weapons workers and calling for Senate hearings on why claims have been delayed. “It has come to our attention that critical …
June 18, 2007
In response to testimony from Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland, seven marketers of health care plans to older Americans have agreed to stop selling those plans to Medicare recipients, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced. The voluntary suspension …
June 18, 2007
It took O’Charley’s regional operations director in Hattiesburg, Miss., most of a week to get in touch with the restaurant chain’s Nashville headquarters after Hurricane Katrina pounded the Gulf Coast two summers ago. This summer, though, Dan Hunter has a …
June 18, 2007
Springdale, Ark.-based Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. (www.tyson.com) on June 8 recalled more than 40,000 pounds of ground beef shipped to Wal-Mart stores in 12 states after samples tested at a Sherman, Texas, plant showed signs of E. coli contamination. No …
June 18, 2007
Among lessons that local businesses have learned and are putting into practice are: Get a plan. Officials with several Midstate companies that do business along the coast say they are offering training and providing educational materials for employees in hurricane-prone …
June 18, 2007
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., is pressing the Bush administration to fully fund a compensation program for sick nuclear weapons workers and calling for Senate hearings on why claims have been delayed. “It has come to our attention that critical …
June 18, 2007
26 The number of people arrested by Florida officials on charges of using fraudulent identification to gain employment. The arrests stem from a joint investigation by the Department of Financial Services and the Department of Environmental Protection that found 115 …
June 18, 2007
Springdale, Ark.-based Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. (www.tyson.com) on June 8 recalled more than 40,000 pounds of ground beef shipped to Wal-Mart stores in 12 states after samples tested at a Sherman, Texas, plant showed signs of E. coli contamination. No …
June 18, 2007
98,200 More than 98,200 Minnesotans between the ages of 18 and 24 don’t have health insurance, partly because of a state law that says a child can be covered by parents’ insurance only until age 18, or until age 25 …