Artisans At Work: Contractors Boom Market Paints A Complex Picture

As the United States' total population creeps up on the 300 million mark, no one can call the residential construction industry a dying breed. The continuous need for housing is apparent in the nation's fastest growing states, where new residential subdivisions and vast apartment complexes seem to pop-up overnight. Nevada, which has been ...

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Departments

Fraud Roundup

• Wash. Contractor Cited for Fraud and Safety Violations
• Marines Plead Not Guilty to Felony Insurance Fraud
• Calif. State Fund to Collect $66,355 for Workers' Comp Fraud
• Man Arrested in Auto Scam
• Former Agent Sentenced for Selling Fake Auto Policies

New Markets

• Tenant Discrimination Liability
• Enhanced Orthotic/Prosthetic Program
• Employee Identity Theft and Discrimination Allegations

Newsbriefs

• International Newsbriefs
• National Newsbriefs
• ACIC OPPOSES PROPOSED CDI REGULATIONS:
• ORE. SAYS EMPLOYERS WILL PAY $33.4M LESS IN WORKERS' COMP FEES:
• COLORADO AUTO INSURANCE RATES BEING REVIEWED:

People & Places

• People & Places