Health care facilities in New Hampshire will have to implement and maintain workplace violence prevention programs under a new law. Republican Gov. Chris Sununu signed seven bills into law this week, including a Senate bill designed to require the violence …
A federal judge in Pennsylvania has declined to approve a settlement between gunmaker Remington Arms and a parent of a child injured when his grandfather’s gun allegedly misfired without the trigger being pulled. U.S. District Judge Yvette Kane found that …
Two long-time New Hampshire insurance agencies— The Insurance Center based in Claremont and McCrillis & Eldredge in Newport— announced that their companies are joining forces. The combined organization will continue to operate under both brands and both principals will remain …
Two police unions in Boston want to roll back limits on when they can use tear gas, pepper spray and other less-than-lethal crowd control methods, which the City Council implemented last year. The two unions are asking a judge to …
Rhode Island has sued five more landlords who rent properties in which children with lead poisoning live, the state attorney general said Monday. The three properties in Providence, one in Central Falls, and one in Newport all contain “significant lead …
A woman sitting in the outdoor eating area of a restaurant died after she was struck by a vehicle, police in Warwick, Rhode Island said. The driver was traveling through the parking lot of Tommy’s Clam Shack on Friday afternoon …
Former Virginia Gov. Doug Wilder recently sued leaders of the Richmond university where he works following a public personnel dispute in which Wilder had pushed for the firing of an employee he accused of threatening him. The controversy began earlier …
A Brooklyn, New York-based managing general agency for the trucking and transportation sector has closed an $11 million Series A funding round, bringing the company’s total funding to date to $15.5 million. The round for Koffie Insurance was led by …
The family of a construction worker who died from mesothelioma after exposure to asbestos-containing joint compound has been awarded $15 million by a New York jury. The $15 million verdict came against Kaiser Gypsum on behalf of the family of …
Investigators were unable to pinpoint the cause of a fire that damaged a popular North Conway resort, New Hampshire Fire Marshal Sean Toomey said last Friday. The determination came after officials examined the scene and interviewed guests after the April …
