Illinois officials are urging residents to prepare for the threat of severe weather that accompanies the spring season. This year authorities will highlight the usefulness of weather-alert radios. Jonathon Monken is the director the Illinois Emergency Management Agency. He will …
Austin, Texas-based private intelligence analysis firm Strategic Forecasting Inc (Stratfor) was paid by Coca-Cola to gauge the threat of Olympic protesters, provided Dow Chemical information on environmental activists, and sells what clients and subscribers consider some of the best geopolitical …
A Massachusetts man has settled a federal lawsuit that claimed his free speech rights were violated when he was removed from a public meeting where he criticized school officials’ handling of the case of a 15-year-old girl who committed suicide …
Several Missouri lawmakers want to add requirements for officials involved in economic development projects. A House panel heard testimony on eight measures aimed at increasing scrutiny of businesses that ask for government money. The legislation would require local governments to …
The Denham Springs, La., City Council has approved changes to its flood ordinances. The Advocate reports the Federal Emergency Management Agency had given the city a deadline of April 3 to make the changes or lose the right for city …
Lawmakers in western North Carolina are looking to make it tougher for copper thieves to sell scrap metal, and they’re getting creative about how to get it done. The News Herald of Morganton reported that state Rep. Hugh Blackwell, R-Burke, …
Two Baltimore law firms have filed a lawsuit against Facebook, arguing that the site has violated privacy laws. The Daily Record of Baltimore reported last week the law offices of William Murphy Jr. and Peter Angelos filed their lawsuit in …
The state of Mississippi has asked Hancock County for $6 million in funds not spent on a “property acquisition” project. The project is a limited buy-out plan designated to reduce the repetitive losses of residents in low-lying areas of Hancock …
West Virginia’s House of Delegates has approved a bill requiring insurance companies to provide policy information in advance of claims. The bipartisan bill that passed 64-33 would allow people filing a file claim to learn the policy’s coverage limits, potential …
An international tribunal has found that it has jurisdiction to decide if Ecuador violated a treaty with the United States requiring it to guarantee a fair trial to Chevron Corp. in an environmental lawsuit that ended in an $18 billion …
