John Boozman, R- Arkansas, issued the following weekly column:. According to a recent study by the National Safety Council, Americans are more likely to die from opioid abuse than in a motor vehicle accident. More prescriptions are filled in Arkansas each year than there are people.
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Tonga’s economy is expected to improve with reconstruction and infrastructure projects underpinning the recovery from 2018′ s Cyclone Gita, according to a new Asian Development Bank report. ADB’s flagship annual economic publication, the Asian Development Outlook 2019, says Tonga’s economy is set to grow by 2.1% in 2019, while growth will moderate…
The House Financial Services subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations issued the following hearing information: Examining discrimination in the automobile loan and insurance industries at 2128 Rayburn House Office Building at 10 a.m. on May 1:. *John W. Van Alst, Attorney, National Consumer Law Center; Director, Working Cars for Working Families, an NCLC…
Morningstar’s Annual Fee Study Finds That Investors Paid Less To Own Funds In 2018
–Morningstar, Inc., a leading provider of independent investment research, today published its annual fee study, which evaluates trends in the cost of U.S. open-end mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. The study found that across U.S. funds, the asset-weighted expense ratio dropped to 0.48% in 2018, compared to 0.51% in 2017. “As awareness grows around the…
Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis joined Senator Rick Scott at Tyndall Air Force Base today to demand immediate action by Congress to pass a recovery bill for devastation caused by Hurricane Michael in October 2018. CFO Jimmy Patronis said, ” Senator Scott has worked non-stop for recovery in the Panhandle. I appreciate members of Florida’s delegation…
The Texas State Securities Board issued the following news release:. A guy named Joe reads Investing for Retirement. Future Joe really appreciates it, because he has learned about the different ways a person can save for retirement, from a 401 plan offered by his employer to a personal Individual Retirement Account he can set up himself.
Sherrod Brown, D- Ohio, issued the following news release:. In case you missed it, CBS’ 60 Minutes ran an in-depth story yesterday about the danger of fentanyl being imported from China, with a specific focus on the harm that has been inflicted in Ohio communities. U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown has introduced bipartisan legislation, the Fentanyl Sanctions Act, to…
BDO USA, a provider of assurance, tax, financial advisory and consulting services, issued the following news release:. BDO USA, LLP, one of the nation’s leading accounting and advisory firms, today announced the appointment of Mark Millard as Managing Director and leader of the newly-created Insurance Risk Advisory group in the firm’s Forensic Investigation&…
President Donald Trump and the Democratic leaders of Congress, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Chuck Schumer, are coming together in search of a plan to fix the country’s crumbling infrastructure. It’s seen as the issue with the best chance for the two sides to work together _ though the odds aren’t good. Their meeting Tuesday plays out against the backdrop of high tensions over escalating Democratic investigations of Trump and his administration.
April 30– Apr. 30– WATERFORD– It was a “standard” car accident that led to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision. On Oct. 22, 2011, a Mohegan Sun limousine shuttling casino patrons between southeastern Connecticut and Fairfield County rear-ended a vehicle headed south on Interstate 95 in Norwalk, sending the vehicle onto a Jersey barrier and seriously injuring its…
April 30– Apr. 30– A local financial planner and the Benton-Franklin Humane Society will hold a luncheon this week to highlight estate planning that protects pets after their owners die. Feel the Love is 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Humane Society, 1736 E. Seventh Ave., Kennewick. When the pet dies, the balance is passed to the nonprofit Humane Society.
April 30– Apr. 30– DAYTONA BEACH– First Step Shelter Inc., the nonprofit that’s been overseeing development of the 100- bed shelter for adults being built west of Interstate 95, will be without an executive director in a month. “I don’t know if Mark failed the board or the board failed Mark,” said board member Joe Forte, also Holly Hill’s city manager.
Office Address: Department of Homeland Security; Federal Emergency Management Agency; Acquisition Operations Division; 500 C Street, SW, Third Floor Washington DC 20472. Subject: FEMA/Federal Insurance Mitigation Administration. Description: Department of Homeland Security.
Agency: ” Office of the Secretary, HHS.” SUMMARY: This notification is to inform the public that the Department of Health and Human Services is exercising its discretion in how it applies HHS regulations concerning the assessment of Civil Money Penalties under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as such provision was amended by the…
Agency: ” The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.” SUMMARY: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation are inviting public comment on a proposal to implement…
South Florida Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion and Disability Fraud. A South Florida doctor residing in Hobe Sound, Florida, was sentenced to 51 months in prison yesterday for tax evasion, wire fraud, and Social Security disability fraud, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax…
The latest CNN poll shows Biden leading the Democratic race with 39% support, followed by Vermont Sen. Biden’s lead grew by 11 points since the last CNN survey in March. Kamala Harris and former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke.
Spokane– Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Richard Ronald Wells of Spokane, Washington pleaded guilty to multiple criminal charges in connection with his role in a conspiracy to defraud an insurance company by staging an automobile accident and to launder the criminally derived proceeds.
Kevin Brady, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee, delivered the following remarks at an event hosted by FreedomWorks entitled “Entitlement Reform: A Growing National Emergency.” He also discussed Medicare, Social Security, welfare reform, and the national debt, stressing that bipartisan work is needed to ensure these programs are…
