Current snowpack in the headwaters of the North Platte River Basin continues to be below average. Wyoming reservoir water levels on the North Platte River are Pathfinder at 33 percent full, requiring 722,530 acre-feet to fill. Crop insurance may play a critical role in supporting surface water irrigated producers in the North Platte Valley this year.
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OKLAHOMA CITY— Two bills aimed at reining in soaring home insurance costs went down in flames Thursday, but Democrats and Republicans agreed that the state cannot afford a legislative punt on the issue. Julia Kirt, D- Oklahoma City, failed to advance through the Senate Business and Insurance Committee. Currently, that would not be allowed by law because there are…
HARTFORD, CT— A record number of state residents are enrolled in health and dental insurance plans through Access Health CT, the state's official health insurance marketplace, according to the group. A total of 157,246 people enrolled in a Qualified Health Plan during the 2026 Open Enrollment Period, which opened Nov. 1, 2025 and ended Jan. 31, 2026.
State officials also doled out several hundred more grants through partnerships with nonprofits and officials in Jefferson Parish. The numbers suggest that while Louisiana has rapidly moved to fortify homes amid worsening hurricanes, tens of thousands of residents are still looking for help putting on stronger roofs. Since moving to a lottery system in…
"Washington is broken,'' former North Carolina two-term governor Roy Cooper said to a small Greensboro group Thursday during a stop on the Democrat's US Senate campaign trail to discuss health care with residents and doctors. "And that is going to be a mission for me when I go to Washington— battle the insurance companies and make sure Washington steps up and…
A revamping of Kontoor Brands Inc.' s executive severance packages that clarifies base salary and cash incentive compensation, as well as COBRA health insurance coverage, has analysts questioning the reasoning and the timing. The Greensboro manufacturer of Lee and Wrangler jeans has about 2,800 employees in the U.S., including 1,000 at its Greensboro…
High home insurance rates are straining Americans' budgets as they enter 2026. A new survey from Insurify found that 59% of policyholders said their costs increased last year, and 57% have made financial sacrifices to help pay for coverage. In 2025, the average annual cost of home insurance reached $3,017, according to Insurify rate data.
Doctors at a Broward County urgent care clinic said her 13- year-old daughter’ s appendix was at risk of bursting. Under normal circumstances, Underwood would have whisked Harper over to the pediatric emergency room that is part of Broward Health Medical Center, about three miles away from their home in Fort Lauderdale. But an ongoing contract dispute has left…
HARTFORD– An international life insurance company with offices in Bermuda, The Cayman Islands, New York and Connecticut is laying off 100 employees at its Hartford office. Talcott Resolution Life Inc. sent a notice to the Connecticut Department of Labor and Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam Tuesday announcing that due to "a closing of certain functions in…
The following information was released by New America:. We think this idea is great, but our insurance won't allow us to hire minors! It's a story as old as timeor at least as long as work-based learning programs have been trying to place high school students in on-the-job training.
Today, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent announced the priorities and schedule for the 2026 G20 Finance Track, including hosting a meeting of the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Asheville, North Carolina. "Thanks to President Trump's pro-growth economic policies, the United States' economy is reaching historic heights, and as the…
The following information was released by the Oklahoma State Senate:. Kristen Thompson, R- Edmond, to stop dental insurance companies from setting prices for services they do not cover has passed the Oklahoma Senate 40- to-3. The bill now advances to the Oklahoma House of Representatives for consideration.
The House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee heard an update on the department's program integrity Thursday from Kristy Graume, its director of state government relations. Medicaid, called Medical Assistance in Minnesota, is the largest single source of health insurance in Minnesota, serving over 1 million Minnesotans and covers 40% of the…
The following information was released by the Texas Department of Insurance:. When you insure your car or truck, you get lots of informationincluding a Texas consumer bill of rights for auto insurance. Call the Texas Department of Insurance for information and help with a complaint against an insurance company.
The following information was released by the office of the New York Attorney General:. New York Attorney General Letitia James today secured more than $2.5 million from health insurer EmblemHealth after an Office of the Attorney General investigation revealed the company repeatedly failed to ensure New Yorkers could access mental health care services.
STATEWIDE— NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES ON THURSDAY, FEB. 19, SECURED MORE THAN $2.5 MILLION FROM HEALTH INSURER EMBLEMHEALTH after an investigation revealed the company repeatedly failed to ensure that New Yorkers could access mental health care services. An Office of the Attorney General investigation found that Emblem maintained inaccurate…
A bill that would have banned cellphone use in schools across New Mexico stalled at the finish line of the state Legislature. Crystal Brantley, R- Elephant Butte, and Antonio "Moe" Maestas, D- Albuquerque, faltered in the House of Representatives after passing the Senate 32-6 late Sunday night. "passed the Senate chamber with heavy bipartisan support."
Washington, D.C. U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren, Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and Ruben Gallego, with colleagues on the Banking Committee, sent a letter to Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman, pressing Bowman on reports that she may have applied pressure or removed some of the Federal…
This is one of the favorite gauges the Federal Reserve uses to determine monetary policy in the USA. The Eurozone faces some headwinds, with the sentiment in the Eurozone being a bit fragile. There’ s also a lot of geopolitics going on, with keeping an eye on the US talks with Russia and Ukraine starting today in Geneva.
