A northern Michigan insurance broker accused of manipulating elderly clients has pleaded guilty to fraud. Prosecutors say William Lowder persuaded...
Monthly Archives: January 2013
Ohio is joining the few states that require convicted arsonists to register with authorities, hoping it will help solve more...
Environmentalists are decrying the placement of 18,000 damaged automobiles on a runway at a defunct defense plant on eastern Long...
More than a decade ago, Ray Nagin was elected mayor of New Orleans on a vow to root out corruption...
Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe has reappointed Philip Alan Hood to the state Workers’ Compensation Commission. Beebe returned Hood to the...
Members of the Oklahoma House and Senate have filed more than 2,400 bills and resolutions to consider in the 2013...

Irene Sobolov believes the first floor of her house in Hoboken, N.J., is just that. The federal government and her...
The U.S. Supreme Court last Friday agreed to hear four new cases, addressing matters as diverse as the reach of...
As lawmakers cast around for ways to curb gun-related violence, some are hoping the insurance market might offer incentives. A...

Insurers directly contributed $29.4 billion to California’s 2010 gross state product, or for 1.6 percent of the state’s GSP, according...