Frontier Communications wants customers to be safe and prepared for the potential impacts from Hurricane Dorian. In addition to securing food, water and storm supplies, Frontier encourages customers to prepare a communications emergency kit that includes lists of important phone numbers, account information, and charging supplies for electronic…
Aug. 30– Hurricane Dorian strengthened this afternoon into a major Category 3 hurricane, and is expected to slam into Florida as a dangerous Category 4 hurricane with 140 mph winds. The projected path has it making landfall in South Florida, but then driving right up through Central Florida and over downtown Orlando. The expected arrival of the storm is now on the…
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Aug. 30– Floridians concerned about running out of medication during or after the storm will get relief in knowing some insurers are allowing members in all counties to get an early refill of their medications. Florida Blue said its members can get a 30- day emergency supply of medication from in-network pharmacies through Sept. 28. United Healthcare also said…
Aug. 30– Hurricane Dorian reached Category 3 strength Friday afternoon, generating winds of 115 miles per hour and showing little change in its projected course toward Florida. “There’s not a lot that we’re confident about this forecast scenario as it approaches Florida, but one of the things that we are confident about is that it will slow down,” he said.
–Webster Bank today announced it will donate $30,000 to the American Red Cross to support disaster recovery efforts for communities that may be affected by Hurricane Dorian, which is expected to hit the southeastern area of the United States in the coming days.. We’re also fortunate to have our American Red Cross partners at the ready to assist, “she added.
His complaint says if Trinity Health Corporation’s insurer won’t advance his legal costs, it hurts his ability to defend himself. The Columbus- area Mount Carmel Health System found Husel ordered excessive painkillers for dozens of patients over several years. Messages seeking comment were left Friday for Livonia, Michigan- based Trinity Health.
Aug. 30– MANATEE– While keeping an eye on the forecast, local officials are taking further steps to prepare their residents for Hurricane Dorian. Manatee County commissioners declared a local state of emergency Friday, after emergency planners outlined their vision for the coming days. While the storm is currently expected to impact the center or east coast of…
Over the past year, there have been no shortage of victories for organized labor to celebrate here in Massachusetts. Unions from across the state and political leaders from both sides of the aisle came together to support more than a 1,000 gas workers locked out by National Grid. As recent victories here in Massachusetts highlight, when organized labor stands…
When Hurricane Dorian’s projected path shifted a bit to the south overnight, its center-line track appeared Friday to put Palm Beach– and President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago– in its crosshairs. If Dorian comes ashore in or near Palm Beach as a Category 4 storm, as the National Weather Service has predicted, Mar-a-Lago and other oceanfront homes could be hit with…
–Pentegra, a leading provider of retirement plan programs and services, is encouraging people to consider their retirement planning strategy in conjunction with National 401 Day on September 6, 2019. According to Richard Rausser, Senior Vice President, Pentegra, “401 plans have become the primary vehicle for saving for retirement. The prospect of saving…
-Liberty Health Sciences Inc. www.libertyhealthsciences.com, a provider of high quality cannabis, announced today that it will open its 17 th dispensary in Panama City, Florida on September 3, 2019, subject to approval from the Florida Department of Health. “We are delighted to inaugurate our 17 th dispensary in this beautiful and historic Panama City…
That bill forced four Planned Parenthood clinics to close. Then, in May of this year, the governor signed into law a bill that blocked transgender people from using Medicaid for reassignment surgery and another bill that prevented Planned Parenthood from accessing government grants to provide sex education programs in the state. Each of these attacks on…
AM Best has revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of“ a-” of Utica Mutual Insurance Company and its intercompany pool participants and reinsured affiliates, collectively referred to as Utica. Partially offsetting these positive factors are group’ s elevated expense…
Aug. 30– Around 8 a.m. Sunday, Drew Walston received a disturbing notification to his phone. The alert said Pub Dog, a Columbia restaurant he manages, had its windows shattered, its power fail and that a robbery might have taken place. Pub Dog is one of 21 businesses displaced after a gas explosion destroyed the Lakeside Office Park retail-business complex on Sunday.
That’s according to an analysis by property information company CoreLogic, which tallied up the value of all the homes in Dorian’s still-wide cone of uncertainty as of Thursday evening. If Dorian is a Category 3 storm when it makes landfall, CoreLogic says 668,052 single-family and multifamily homes along the coast of Florida with a reconstruction value of…
—Health care is the focus of Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders’ second day of campaigning in the critical early-voting state of South Carolina, where lack of Medicaid expansion has left thousands unable to obtain health coverage. It’s under intense focus in states like South Carolina, home to the first-in-the-South 2020 primary, which is among…
Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency Wednesday, August 28, stating,“ Every Florida resident should have seven days of supplies, including food, water, and medicine, and should have a plan in case of disaster.”. Creating a disaster plan and preparing for something as unpredictable as a hurricane is a smart way to manage your risk, and GEICO wants to remind you of a…
