June 17, 2013
A lawsuit against a western Kentucky coal mine accused of discriminating against black job applicants appears to be nearing a settlement. River View Coal, a subsidiary of Tulsa, Okla.-based Alliance Resource Partners, was sued in 2011 by the U.S. Equal …
June 17, 2013
Florida Gov. Rick Scott — and other top state officials — quickly distanced themselves last month from a controversial deal approved by Citizens Property Insurance Corp. to shift thousands of homeowner policies to a start-up insurance company. But emails show …
June 14, 2013
The Tennessee Board of Pharmacy said it has adopted new regulations for compounding pharmacies licensed by the state following recent outbreaks of illnesses associated with tainted medicines created at these specialty pharmacies. The Pharmacy Board said in a news release …
June 14, 2013
A woman says a North Charleston, S.C. bonding company failed to monitor a 25-year-old man who sexually assaulted her while wearing one of the firm’s tracking devices. The Post and Courier of Charleston reported that the lawsuit filed this week …
June 13, 2013
Betsy K. Olson was installed as president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia Inc. (IIAG) during the association’s recent annual convention in Amelia Island, Florida. Olson is vice president of marketing for Tanner, Ballew, and Maloof in Atlanta. She …
June 13, 2013
Republican Mike Hill has defeated Democrat Jeremy Lau for the vacant state House District 2 seat. The Miami Herald reported that Hill carried about 58 percent of the vote in the Northwest Florida district, which includes Escambia and Santa Rosa …
June 13, 2013
Alabama’s governor and attorney general are reviewing weekend roadblocks in St. Clair and Bibb counties where motorists were asked for breath, blood and saliva samples. Gov. Robert Bentley said Tuesday he has asked his secretary of law enforcement, Spencer Collier, …
June 12, 2013
A state hearing officer is recommending that a fired Florida Highway Patrol trooper be given his job back. The recommended order states that Trooper Charles Swindle should have been suspended without pay instead of losing his job. Swindle was fired …
June 12, 2013
Drivers in St. Clair and Bibb counties who were stopped at roadblocks in the area over last weekend were asked to give anonymous breath, saliva and blood samples as part of a national study, authorities said Monday. Giving samples was …
June 11, 2013
The large amount of rebar and concrete on the construction site at Hatton High is not there by accident. Instead, it represents a change in how schools are constructed in Alabama. Three years after eight students died when a tornado …