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Grid Warns Extreme Heat Risks Summer Power Shortages in Midwest to East

PJM Interconnection LLC, the largest US electric grid serving about 20% of Americans from the Midwest to East Coast, warned that extreme heat this summer could trigger supply shortages for the first time. While PJM expects to have enough power …

Residents Jumped From Windows in Wisconsin Apartment Fire That Killed 4

Residents jumped from the windows of a four-story apartment building in Milwaukee during a Mother’s Day fire that killed four people, critically injured four others and grew so intense that the blaze outmatched the first firefighters to arrive, authorities said. …

Wisconsin Republicans Kill Cannabis Legalization And Tax Increases for Millionaires

Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature voted to kill most of the top spending priorities of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, including legalizing marijuana, even as both sides negotiate a tax cut. The Legislature’s Republican-controlled budget committee voted late last week …

North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Granted Authority to Require Restitution

The North Dakota insurance commissioner has the authority to require insurance companies to pay restitution to harmed policyholders under a bill signed into last month. House Bill 1088, signed into law on April. 10 by Gov. Kelly Armstrong, grants the …

Ohio High School Lacrosse Player Dies From Injuries Suffered During Game

An Ohio high school lacrosse player died Thursday from injuries he suffered during a lacrosse game. The family of Dylan Veselic announced his death in a message posted to the Bay Village High School lacrosse team’s X account. Veselic, a …

Illinois Chemical Manufacturer Reaches $400K Settlement With EPA

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act with Nalco Production LLC and Nalco Co. LLC. The companies manufacture polymer blend chemicals at their facility at 6216 W. 66th Place in Chicago, …

Minnesota YMCA to Pay $140K to Settle Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

The St. Cloud Area Family YMCA will pay $140,000 and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced this week. The EEOC charged in its suit …

People Moves: Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance Promotes Zeilinga to Agency Manager

Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance, headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, promoted Chris Zeilinga to agency manager of the Hancock-Henry-Shelby-Rush Agency. Zeilinga joined Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance in 2002 as an agent in Marion County. In 2018, he was promoted to the role …

Teenage Basketball Players Among 8 Killed in Kansas Highway Crash

Two teenage basketball players, a coach and a trainer from the Tulsa, Oklahoma, area who were on their way back from a tournament were among eight people killed in a fiery head-on highway crash in eastern Kansas. Authorities said the …

St. Louis to Pay $4M Settlement Over Conditions at Now-Closed Jail

St. Louis has agreed to pay $4 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging that inmates at a former medium-security jail were housed in “inhumane conditions” that included rodent feces in food, infestations of bugs and snakes, and unbearable …

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