Florida County Leads With High-Tech 911 Emergency Response System July 16, 2025 By Freida Frisaro NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — When an emergency happens in Collier County, Florida, the 911 calls go to one of the...
Massachusetts Assisted Living Home Had Been Cited for Late Safety Reports July 16, 2025 By Kimberlee Kruesi, Holly Ramer and Michelle R. Smith A Massachusetts assisted-living center where nine residents died in a fire was cited for failing to immediately report more than...
Post-Mortem Begins of Assisted-Living Fire That Killed 9 in Massachusetts July 15, 2025 By Holly Ramer, Patrick Whittle, Kimberlee Kruesi and Michael Casey Flames roared through an assisted-living facility in Massachusetts, killing nine people and trapping residents inside, including some who leaned out...
Fire at Massachusetts Assisted Living Facility Takes 9 Lives, Injures 30 July 14, 2025 By Michael Casey and Kimberlee Kruesi Nine people have died in a fire at an assisted living facility in Massachusetts, where people were hanging out of...
90 Patients Safely Relocated Amid North Carolina Health Facility Fire July 14, 2025 About 90 patients at a North Carolina rehabilitation facility that suffered a structure fire have been safely moved and housed...
New Jersey Expands Workers’ Compensation for First Responders January 24, 2024 New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy recently signed into law a change in workers’ compensation coverage for volunteer and professional public...
Connecticut High Court Denies Immunity for First Responder Causing Car Accident August 2, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson The Connecticut Supreme Court has overturned a trial court and ruled that municipalities and government agencies are not entitled to...
Fla. Lawmakers to Start Another Session, Could Affect Workers’ Comp, Bens for Disney February 7, 2023 Florida lawmakers will meet Monday to complete a state takeover of Walt Disney World’s self-governing district and expand a migrant...
Texas Bills Address Workers’ Comp, Other Protections for First Responders March 22, 2021 A Texas legislator has filed a package of bills he says is aimed at protecting injured first responders and their...
States Grapple With Determining Who’s Essential, Who’s Not for COVID Vaccine December 9, 2020 By Tina Bellon and Richa Naidu Companies and industry groups lobbying to get their U.S. workers to the front of the line for COVID vaccination are...