May 27– Black Hills Receiver is making progress on stabilizing operations of 19 nursing facilities in South Dakota, according to a news release. Wanda Prince, who was named the president of Black Hills Receiver, said in the release that everyone is operating in the best interest of the residents and caring employees have made the process seamless.
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–May 13, 2018, during a meetup hosted at Google NYC, Primas discussed their vision to use Blockchain technology to change the way people engage with online content. “The core of Primas”, introduced by Gan Lu, co-founder of Primas, “lies in a middle layer built between the Internet and applications. Gan Lu provided Vitalik’s case as an example to show how immutable…
The farm bill– also known as the Agriculture and Nutrition Act– got its start in 1933 and is renewed by Congress every five years. The current farm bill is set to expire in September, and Congress has been working on a replacement for three years. On May 18, the House Agriculture Committee’s proposal for the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 went down by a vote of…
May 27– House Minority Leader Patricia Morgan blocked firefighters enraged over the financial collapse of the Central Coventry Fire District. Before a federal judge ordered President Donald Trump to stop blocking fellow Twitter users, most Rhode Island public officials had barely considered the legality, ethics or optics of shunning people on the…
Ted Deutch, D- Florida, issued the following news release:. In the coming weeks, health insurance companies are expected to announce their premium rates for Affordable Care Act plans in Florida. In Florida, 1.7 million people are enrolled in coverage through the ACA exchange, and nine out of ten received financial help to reduce their monthly premiums.
The city of Evansville issued the following news:. The Post House, a $40 million mixed use development in downtown Evansville, passed a significant hurdle by receiving the approval of the Evansville Common Council for the use of Tax Increment Financing. Scannell Properties, one of the country’s premier real estate developers, is spearheading the project, and…
Zurich Insurance, a property-casualty insurance company, issued the following news release:. “Recentstudies indicate every dollar spent rebuilding or improving buildings to meetstronger building codes saves four dollars in damages,” said Paul Horgan, headof North America Commercial Insurance for Zurich North America. On Wednesday, Mike Fay, headof Global…
CSAA Insurance Group, a AAA insurer, has been awarded the “Judges’ Choice” honor in the Voice of the Employee category from the 2018 Confirmit ACE Awards. As a recipient of an ACE Award, CSAA Insurance Group has demonstrated unprecedented application of Confirmit’s software to continually drive improvement by listening to employees and adjusting business…
U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp participated in the third hearing of the 16- person bipartisan, House and Senate Joint Select Committee tasked with solving the crisis facing multiemployer pension plans across the country, including threatening 2,000 North Dakotans and 400,000 pension fund participants nationwide who paid into the Central States Pension…
Elise Stefanik, R- New York, issued the following news release:. As the proud Representative of more veterans than any other Member of Congress in New York, I will continue to prioritize their needs. ” Topline Summary: This bill would authorize the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to waive the requirement of certain veterans to make copayments for hospital care,…
The Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance will hold a hearing entitled “The Impact of Autonomous Vehicles on the Future of Insurance” on May 23, 2018 at 2:00 PM in Room 2128 of the Rayburn House Office Building. *Ryan D. Gammelgard, Counsel, State Farm. *Sam Geraci, Vice President-Strategy, American Family Mutual Insurance Co..
The White House issued the following proclamation on World Trade Week:. My trade agenda aims to accelerate American exports through policies that are focused on rebuilding our industries, strengthening the defense industrial base in the United States, and equipping our workforce with state-of-the-art skills. My Administration is also enforcing our…
May 27– When Mike Baker saw the first crop of rebuilt homes rising from the earth of fire-scarred Coffey Park, he realized the structures had a familiar look. “Almost all of these are floor plans that I recognize,” said Baker, pastor at Crosspoint Church in Santa Rosa. The projects included a half-dozen rebuilt versions of his burned three-bedroom home, which had been…
Maria Blazejewski weathered the storm in the most literal way possible. The former Benzie Central star, 27, spent a chunk of last September hunkered down in Puerto Rico as a gigantic storm bearing her name battered the island. Maria Blazejewski arrived in Puerto Rico on Aug. 31 for her seventh professional basketball stop in five years.
Firefighters responded to a basement fire at 5:20 p.m. in a house at 1503 Victoria Ave.. Arnold Fire Company No. 1 Chief Walt Gouza said eight people were living at the house and two adults and two children were home at the time of the fire. Homeowner Maxine Rhine said she had recently bought a used clothes dryer, but she wasn’t sure if that may have caused the fire.
May 26– A Springfield man was arrested Friday afternoon on negligent homicide and other counts after a fatal crash Wednesday evening on Siegen Lane during which troopers suspect he was intoxicated, according to a Louisiana State Police arrest report. Starkey was driving northbound on Siegen Lane near Cloverland Avenue when he hit the other vehicle driven by…
May 26– VIRGINIA BEACH– In the early morning hours, Joe Watts’ mind turns back to the crash that almost took his life. The flash of green from the car that struck his motorcycle. He remembers the stranger towering above him as he lay in a Virginia Beach intersection after the April 28 crash.
May 26– Craven County– home of Cherry Point and sporting a vibrant retirement community– has a large veteran population, with about 15,000 registered with the Veterans Administration. It has a strong, reactive Craven County’s Veteran Services, under Director Jeff Futrell, who estimates that the county’s total number of veterans at upwards of 20,000– including…
Rosa L. DeLauro, D- Conn., has introduced legislation to require health insurance coverage for the treatment of infertility. Rosa DeLauro, 2413 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515; 202/ 225-3661; or in the district office at 59 Elm St., New Haven, CT 06510; 203/ 562-3718.. TARGETED NEWS SERVICE: Myron Struck, editor; 703/ 304-1897; [email protected];…
