Health care workers at Kaiser Permanente facilities in Georgia have voted to strike over Kaiser’s changes in pay and benefits. The United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1996 voted over the last week to authorize the work stoppage. By law, …
A judge has dismissed a civil-rights lawsuit filed by the mother of a 19-year-old Seattle man fatally shot during last year’s Capitol Hill Organized Protest. U.S. District Judge John Coughenour said Donnitta Sinclair, mother of Horace Anderson, could not show …
The assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin the gun that killed a cinematographer says he hopes the tragedy prompts the film industry to “reevaluate its values and practices” to ensure no one is harmed again. David Halls released a statement …
The city council for the vulnerable coastal city of North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, has approved new ordinances that aim to encourage construction practices that will minimize flooding damage. Local news outlets reported that the ordinances, adopted Monday, will restrict …
Fire investigators in Maryland are asking the public for help figuring out who set three fires over the weekend at a mobile home park on the Eastern Shore. A news release from the Maryland State Fire Marshal says the fires …
An insurance company has agreed to pay $625,000 to settle allegations that it used deceptive and illegal practices to sell health insurance plans to Massachusetts residents, the state attorney general’s office said Monday. Under terms of the settlement, Florida-based Health …
Home, renters and pet insurer Lemonade is deploying its artificial intelligence, behavioral economics and social good mantra with its newest product, Lemonade Car. Lemonade Car is designed to offer better auto insurance prices for safe and low-mileage drivers, as well …
Few things enrage insurers more than what appear to be exorbitant attorney fees, and Florida may be ground-zero on that issue, thanks in part to the state’s fee-multiplier statute. So, industry advocates were heartened to see a recent ruling by …
In its latest move to address the effects of climate change, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) announced a new climate risk division and appointed Dr. Nina Chen as its executive deputy superintendent. Dr. Chen, DFS’ inaugural director …
A Delaware judge dismissed a suit by Chemours Co. shareholders alleging directors misled them about the company’s financial health and legal liabilities when it was spun off from a predecessor of DuPont de Nemours Inc. Chemours shareholders can’t show misleading …
