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California Encourages Rebuilding in Fire-Prone Areas, Report Says
California state and local officials are encouraging rebuilding in areas destroyed by wildfires at a time when people should be redirected away from those areas if the state wants to reduce the economic and human impact of increasingly destructive wildfires, …
POSTED JUNE 14, 2021 4:00 PM |
2 Louisiana Insurance Agents Fined, Suspended in Separate Actions
Two Louisiana insurance producers have been issued cease and desist orders, summary suspensions, fines and notices of license revocations, state insurance regulators said. The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) fraud division investigators served insurance agent Leslie Claire Trahan of Opelousas …
POSTED JUNE 14, 2021 3:56 PM |
Heirs of Black Man Killed by Baton Rouge Police Accept $4.5M Settlement
The children of a Black man killed by police in Louisiana’s capital city five years ago have accepted a $4.5 million settlement from the local government, the man’s family and the city’s mayor said. Alton Sterling’s 2016 shooting by a …
POSTED JUNE 14, 2021 3:55 PM |
Parents of 3 Nebraska Girls Killed in Crash Sue Sarpy County
The families of three Gretna, Nebraska, girls who died in a crash in Sarpy County are suing the county, which they said did not correct a deficient design of the road where the girls died. The lawsuit also asks a …
POSTED JUNE 14, 2021 3:53 PM |
Six Flags Park Settling Illinois Park Fingerprints Lawsuit for $36M
Six Flags Great America has settled a class-action lawsuit by agreeing to pay $36 million over the use of fingerprint scanners at its Illinois theme park. Pass holders and others who visited the Gurnee park between October 2013 and Dec. …
POSTED JUNE 14, 2021 3:50 PM |
Tropical Depression Off North Carolina Could Become Tropical Storm
Tropical Depression Two has formed off the coast of North Carolina and is heading away from the United States, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Monday. The depression is expected to become a tropical storm by tonight, could …
POSTED JUNE 14, 2021 3:41 PM |
Northwestern North Dakota Blasted by Flash Floods, Hail, Strong Winds
Utility crews are working to restore power to hundreds of people in northwestern North Dakota and eastern Montana after a round of storms smacked the region with heavy rains, high winds and hail. The Bismarck Tribune reported the storm swept …
POSTED JUNE 14, 2021 3:38 PM |
People Moves: HOAIC Hires Brookshire; Merchants Promotes Smith; Fanaroff Joins MIA
Homeowners of America Insurance Company Hires Brookshire in Virginia Homeowners of America Insurance Company (HOAIC), a property/casualty insurance provider, has hired Adam Brookshire as a territory sales manager in Virginia. Brookshire brings more than 10 years of insurance industry experience …
POSTED JUNE 14, 2021 3:23 PM |
Connecticut Utilities Appeal Penalties Over Tropical Storm Response
Connecticut’s two largest electricity distributors have appealed millions of dollars in profit reductions imposed by the state for what regulators called the companies’ failures in preparing for and responding to Tropical Storm Isaias, which caused hundreds of thousands of power …
POSTED JUNE 14, 2021 3:18 PM |
West Virginia Town Residents Say Coal Dust Is Taking Their Breath Away
EUNICE, W.Va. — Eunice should have been Becky Rectenwald’s place to settle. The dust settled there instead. Rectenwald, 58, moved to the former Raleigh County mining town from Marmet nearly four years ago for cleaner air and a larger yard …
POSTED JUNE 14, 2021 2:45 PM |
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