Jan. 28– Roberta Burns has a full-time job with health benefits that ensure she can get her medication for her rheumatoid arthritis. Republicans in Congress have pledged to repeal the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, and replace it with an improved health care law. Rand Paul have called for Congress to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it…
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Jan. 28– The owner of a house that was destroyed in a fire early Friday morning is determined to gut it and start all over. “My brother is a contractor, and it may take me a year or so to replace it, but I can’t replace my dog,” Mary Hill said. Hill got up around 6:30 a.m. Friday and started a fire in her wood stove in her house on Independence Street because that’s her source of…
–Recognizing the importance of safety net in the time of economic uncertainties, Marcus Hiles and his company Western Rim Property Services offer medical benefits to staff members at no cost. With Republican President Donald Trump’s proposed prioritization of policy changes, Western Rim Property Services is leading the way in business ethics and…
Jan. 27– The Tumlinsons were among the hundreds of victims who lost property in the Witch Creek fire that swept through San Diego County’s backcountry in October 2007. If the couple had only taken the appropriate steps to recover damages, they wouldn’t have been in San Diego federal court Friday morning, Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher Tenorio said.
Jan. 27– OTTUMWA– Fires are violent events. So, to Keith Cooper, the fact his grandmother’s mandolin survived a house fire Thursday night is something close to a miracle. No one was at home when the house on East Court Street caught fire.
John Cornyn on Friday sought to allay concerns that Republicans were unprepared to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with a new system that will offer affordable insurance to the millions of people who gained coverage under the 2010 law. “Some have said that the Republicans, my party, are sort of like the dog that finally caught the car,” said Cornyn, a…
Millions of Americans rely on it for health care coverage, including lower-income people covered under the law’s Medicaid expansion. Congressional Republicans recently began to dismantle Obamacare before building a replacement. The Congressional Budget Office warns that at least 18 million people would lose heath insurance in the first year if…
Jan. 27– Putting a work requirement and lifetime limit on people receiving Medicaid will deny health care to some of Arizona’s poorest residents, a Tucson crowd told state officials this morning. Medicaid is a government insurance program for low-income people. “There’s never been a waiver like this approved in the country ever,” said Beth Kohler, deputy director…
Jan. 28– Aetna wasn’t losing money selling Obamacare plans in Florida after all, according to a federal court ruling blocking the insurer’s proposed $37 billion merger with Humana. Aetna withdrew last August from Obamacare markets in Florida, including Broward and Palm Beach counties, along with hundreds of other counties nationwide, saying it was suffering…
Jan. 27– WAITE PARK– It’s been a hard 48 hours for Lady Jayne Fontaine. What seemed to be a normal Thursday at her daughter’s truck shop in Waite Park turned into a very scary and stressful time period for Fontaine, her family and employees at Rock On Trucks Inc.. Shortly before noon, firefighters from multiple agencies were called to the trucking company, 3100 Seventh…
Jan. 27– WASHINGTON– Hundreds of people from Buffalo and tens of thousands from around the country marched Friday as they have on a January day each year for 44 years, united in their belief that the Supreme Court committed a grievous sin when it legalized abortion in 1973.. “I am hopeful for the first time in many years,” Cheryl Zielen-Ersing, 52, of West Falls, said at a…
Ziegler, a specialty investment bank, is pleased to announce the successful closing of the $126,000,000 non-rated, tax-exempt, Series 2016 A and $3,800,000 non-rated, taxable Series 2016 B fixed-rate Bond issues for C. C. Young Memorial Home, a long-standing Ziegler client. C. C. Young Memorial Home is a Texas not-for-profit corporation established in March of…
Scott Rolin, 56, of Franklin, Tenn., and former insurance agent, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw, Jr., to 18 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for stealing over $100,000 from his elderly client, announced United States Attorney David Rivera. Evidence set forth during Rolin’s guilty plea and sentencing hearing…
Competition is so high that some cardholders can use those mail offers to negotiate better deals on existing cards by asking for lower interest rates, according to CreditCards.com senior industry analyst Matt Schulz. Credit bureau Experian says the nation’s average credit score improved in 2016– at 673, the score is up four points and is only six points away…
—House Speaker Paul Ryan sidestepped an opportunity Friday to embrace President Donald Trump’s goal of “insurance for everybody,” saying instead that congressional Republicans are aiming for “universal access.” Ryan, R- Wis., made the remark in an interview with Politico after Republicans ended a three-day policy retreat in Philadelphia. “Congressional…
Although the alleged Sept. 11 conspirators were given the option of attending, the public and press were not. In it, Lee Hanson, 84, of Connecticut, was to describe what he learned that day in a phone call from his 32- year-old son Peter, who was aboard the hijacked United 175, and then saw on television as the aircraft crashed into the World Trade Center.
Following the recent disaster declaration for individual assistance issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the IRS announced that affected taxpayers in Georgia will receive tax relief. “We realize that the IRS and tax obligations are the last thing on the minds of many Georgia taxpayers right now,” said IRS Spokesman Mark S. Green.
“I’d also like to thank President Trump for sending the acting director of FEMA to view firsthand the horrific effects of this natural disaster. “FEMA, along with the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency, is working to expedite financial assessments in the remaining counties impacted by the storms. “Following my conversations with…
–Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. today announced the tax treatment of its 2016 common stock dividends. The following table summarizes Blackstone Mortgage Trust’s class A common stock dividend payments for the tax year ended December 31, 2016:. About Blackstone Mortgage Trust Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. is a real estate finance company that originates…
