Health Workers On Front Lines Once Saluted as Heroes Now Face Hostility October 7, 2021 By Grant Schulte and Heather Hollingsworth More than a year after U.S. health care workers on the front lines against COVID-19 were saluted as heroes with...
Corps of Engineers Partners With Mother Nature in Flood Control Initiatives October 7, 2021 By Travis Loller The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is known for damming rivers and building levees to keep waterways at bay. But...
U.S. to Require Cyber Disclosure, Security Plans From ‘High Risk’ Air, Rail Companies October 7, 2021 By Christopher Bing The Transportation Security Administration will introduce regulations that compel the most important U.S. railroad and airport operators to improve their...
Why Tesla Could Face Tough Road If It Tries to Slash $137M Racial Bias Verdict October 7, 2021 By Daniel Wiessner Tesla Inc. will likely seek to slash a $137 million jury award for a Black worker who accused the automaker...
U.S. Approves Fire Retardant That Could Be ‘Game-Changer’ in Fighting Wildfires October 7, 2021 By Keith Ridler U.S. officials on this week approved a long-lasting fire retardant that could significantly aid in fighting increasingly destructive wildfires by...
Biden Administration Releases Guidance for COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate and Exemptions October 6, 2021 By Zeke Miller With just weeks remaining before federal workers must be vaccinated against COVID-19, the federal government has outlined procedures for employees...
Insurate, Workers’ Compensation Insurtech, Secures $4.5M Investment October 6, 2021 Omaha-based Insurate, a data science-based provider of workers’ compensation, announced a $4.5 million seed round led by HSCM Ventures, the...
Kansas’ Fee Succeeds South Carolina’s Jensen as Chair of National Big ‘I’ Agents October 6, 2021 The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) installed Kansas’ Bob Fee, president of Fee Insurance Group...
Coalition Acquires Digital Commercial Agency Attune October 6, 2021 Coalition, a San Francisco-based cyber insurance and security company, has acquired Attune, a digital agency with a platform focused on...
If Facebook Is the Problem, Is a Social Media Regulator the Fix? October 6, 2021 By Elizabeth Culliford and Diane Bartz Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen told Congress on Tuesday that one option for making social media less harmful would be to...