Ohio Supreme Court: Ditch Diggers Misclassified as Independent Contractors May 27, 2022 By Jim Sams Ditch diggers who accepted work assignments online and used their own spades and shovels to do the work cannot be...
Lawsuit: 13-Year-Old’s Hands Up When Shot by Chicago Officer May 27, 2022 A 13-year-old boy shot in the back by a Chicago police officer was unarmed and had his arms raised to...
Texas Mutual to Award $1.1M in Safety Education Grants to 11 Texas Colleges May 27, 2022 Texas Mutual Insurance Company is awarding $1.1 million in grants to 11 colleges across Texas to fund workplace safety courses...
Abandoned Louisiana Oil Wells Slated to Receive Clean Up in Infrastructure Bill May 27, 2022 By Janet McConnaughey About $33 million of the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan recently signed into law by President Joe Biden will go...
Milestone Partners Acquires Louisiana’s GoAuto May 27, 2022 Milestone Partners acquired specialty auto insurance holding company Drive Assurance Holdings LLC (“Drive Assurance”) and the related acquisition of GoAuto,...
U.S. Consumer Spending Beats Expectations in April; Inflation Likely Peaked May 27, 2022 By Lucia Mutikani U.S. consumer spending rose more than expected in April, while annual inflation appeared to have peaked, which could help to...
People’s Trust, Southern Fidelity Stop Writing New Business in Florida May 27, 2022 By William Rabb Two more property insurers, including two of Florida’s larger carriers, did not wait around to see what help the just-concluded...
Blaze Burns 3 Large Buildings in Alaska Village May 27, 2022 Firefighters have contained a blaze in the southwest Alaska village of Kasigluk that burned three buildings, including a school building,...
New Mexico Wildfire Nears 50% Containment May 27, 2022 Crews in northern New Mexico have cleared and cut containment lines around nearly half of the perimeter of the nation’s...
FDA Chief Struggles to Explain Slow Response on Baby Formula May 27, 2022 By Matthew Perrone The head of the Food and Drug Administration faced bipartisan fury from House lawmakers May 25 over months of delays...