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Nuclear Agency’s Board Adopts Safety Plan

A 35-nation meeting of the U.N. nuclear agency on Tuesday adopted a post-Fukushima nuclear safety plan – despite gripes by influential member nations that it to too timid for making compliance voluntary. Germany and several other EU states – as …

State Farm to Monitor Some Illinois Drivers, Adjust Rates

State Farm Insurance plans to give its Illinois customers a chance to lower – or raise -their rates depending on their driving habits. The Bloomington-based insurer says that in September it will start putting a monitoring device in vehicles driven …

Audit: La. Home Elevation Program Improperly Monitored

A $750 million Louisiana hurricane recovery program that doles out money for home elevations is being criticized for ineffective management and monitoring by the state agencies that oversee it. The Louisiana Legislative Auditor released its review of the Hazard Mitigation …