BRIDGEPORT PROSPERS/ UNITED WAY WORK HIGHLIGHTED BY PRITZKER CHILDREN’S INITIATIVE. Bridgeport Prospers is an initiative of the United Way of Coastal Fairfield County, a leading catalyst for social change. FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY GLEE CLUB TO PRESENT ANNUAL CONCERT.
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The Utica National Group Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Utica National Insurance Group, focuses on supporting root-cause issues in the community to benefit children and families. Utica National was named a “Top Insurance Workplace” in 2018 by Insurance Business America magazine, and has regional offices throughout the United States.
April 28– Apr. 28– DAYTON– Rebuilding is underway, and safety plans are being discussed, at an agricultural residue innovation center/mini-pulp mill here after a fire destroyed it in January. Mark Lewis, owner of Innovatio, said the charred remains of the burned building on Wagon Road were being demolished, and some of the equipment was being salvaged for the new…
April 28– Apr. 28– In the world of theater you learn to expect the unexpected. Such has been the mindset for Theatrikos Theatre Company executive director Chris Verrill. On the morning of April 12, a city sewer line diverted more than 4,000 gallons of raw sewage into the basement of the Doris Harper-White Community Playhouse, which has been home to Theatrikos since…
Leaders from Sampson County’s Department of Aging and Transportation are working to spread awareness to have less victims in the future. Information is being provided by the Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program, a division of the North Carolina Department of Insurance. Lorie Sutton, director of Sampson County’s Department of Aging, said the…
The melters were a highlight of a visit to Hanford on Wednesday by Sen. Plenty of other challenges remain in a gargantuan Hanford cleanup begun in the late 20th century that is projected to continue deep into this century. The scope of the pollution is a humbling testament to the mess humans can create, and the restoration effort is expected to cost a staggering…
April 28– Apr. 28– A decade after then- Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford was arrested for running the nation’s second-largest Ponzi scheme, Baton Rouge couple Charles and Betty Sanchez– like so many local victims of the investment scam– are enduring what their lead attorney calls a “financial Katrina” and hoping to someday recoup the quarter of a million dollars they…
So, with 20 Democrats having declared they are seeking their party’s nomination, and with President Donald Trump facing one declared challenger thus far for the Republican nomination, we seize this opportunity to offer some advice for voters who might feel overwhelmed: Focus on what a potential president can actually do rather than what they would like to do.
April 28– Apr. 28– Plans for a continuing care retirement community spread across 112 acres in Mills River have been revived. Legacy at Mills River would operate with an “equity model,” meaning future residents would own their homes outright. Continuing care communities are regulated by the N.C. Department of Insurance.
Both Eddie Rispone, a businessman from Baton Rouge, and U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham, of Alto in north Louisiana, a physician, have been critical of the management of the expansion, pointing to reports some recipients weren’t eligible under the law. Sensibly, Abraham said he would not seek to pull Louisiana out of the program, a move which is legally questionable under the…
April 28– Apr. 28– Congress consistently has punted on resolving long-term problems in the crucial retirement-related programs Social Security and Medicare. But it is moving in a bipartisan way to improve workers’ access to quality private sector retirement plans. The House Ways and Means Committee unanimously has approved the Setting Every Community up…
April 28– Apr. 28– Connecticut Comptroller Kevin Lembo and the Democrats in the legislature backing his proposal to create a public option to make health care insurance more affordable are on to something. Lembo’s primary target in pushing for Connecticut to become the first state offering a public option is small businesses. Small-sized companies employee…
EVENT: The Association for Advanced Life Underwriting holds its 2019 “Transform” meeting, April 28-30. –11:15 a.m.: Session on “Rethinking the Efficient Frontier for Life Insurance”. LOCATION: Marriott Marquis, 901 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, D.C..
Hotel at Arundel Mills in Hanover, Maryland, brought in more than $650,000 that will support the organization’s hospice, palliative and bereavement care programs and services provided to patients and families in Anne Arundel and Prince George’s counties. Casino& Hotel; The Wilburn Company; Greenberg Gibbons Commercial Corporation; Reliable Contracting…
The late author Anne Morrow Lindbergh once said, “Life is a gift, given in trust- like a child.” Few understand that truth more deeply than some 2,500 Marylanders waiting for the gift of a kidney transplant, or the 152 individuals in our state who met that need last year through a selfless act of living-kidney donation. Sadly, you don’t have to- it is a harsh reality in…
Laura Kelly devoted the three-week holiday for the Kansas Legislature into a town-hall tour drawing about 15,000 people to emphasize her desire for action on Medicaid expansion and to amplify opposition to new layers of abortion regulation and a fresh round of tax cuts sought by Republicans. On Wednesday, the Senate will take up a motion by Democratic…
April 27– Apr. 27– You can find the numbers below for the various Department of Homeland Security grant funds. Emergency Management Performance Grant– provides more than $350 million to assist state, local, tribal, territorial governments in enhancing and sustaining all-hazards emergency management capabilities. Homeland Security Grant Program– provides…
April 27– Apr. 27– Insurance rates are likely going up according to Swiss Re, see Climate Change Could Make Insurance Too Expensive for Most People. Swiss Re insures the insurers. Places like Florida have had commercial insurance companies pull out of the hurricane insurance market.
After swatting golf balls by day, there’s a good chance President Donald Trump will try to take shots at the Mueller report on Saturday night. He’s picked Green Bay, Wisconsin, for his first political rally since the bulk of the report by special counsel Robert Mueller was made public. Trump is again skipping the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington despite the tradition that presidents go.
