More Businesses Open Door to Pot Smokers June 21, 2018 By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER FPI Management, a property company in California, wants to hire dozens of people. Factories from New Hampshire to Michigan need...
Federal Regulations on Marijuana Could Be Eased June 12, 2018 By MICHAEL R. BLOOD President Donald Trump said Friday that he was inclined to support a bipartisan effort in Congress to ease the U.S....
WCRI: Tenn. Workers’ Comp Claim Costs Lower After 2013 Reforms June 11, 2018 The average total cost per workers’ compensation claim in Tennessee decreased 6 percent in 2015, reflecting in part the impact...
California State Workers’ Comp Fund: Opioid Prescriptions Reduced by 60% June 11, 2018 State Compensation Insurance Fund, California’s stable provider of workers’ compensation insurance, reported that it had significantly reduced the number of...
Minnesota Amazon Workers Seek Workplace Improvements June 7, 2018 A group of East African employees is asking retail giant Amazon to improve working conditions at an eastern Minnesota warehouse....
Medical Marijuana Considered in War Against Illinois’ Opioid Crisis June 6, 2018 By SARAH ZIMMERMAN Illinois lawmakers have come up with an unusual solution to combat its opioid crisis, allowing doctors to prescribe medical marijuana...
Florida Judge Considers Lifting Stay on Smokable Medical Pot June 6, 2018 By JOE REEDY Floridians who are eligible to receive medical marijuana will still have to wait a long time to access smokable products...
WCRI: Illinois’ Workers’ Comp Claim Total Cost Grew 1-3% Annually Since 2012 June 1, 2018 The average total cost per workers’ compensation claim in Illinois grew annually anywhere from 1 to 3 percent since 2012,...
WCRI: Little Change in Average Total Workers’ Comp Claim Cost Since 2013 Indiana Reform May 30, 2018 The average total cost per workers’ compensation claim in Indiana was stable in the years since the state enacted workers’...
N.C. Ramps Up Workers’ Comp Fraud Investigations, Fines for No Coverage May 23, 2018 North Carolina has stepped up its efforts to identify businesses not complying with state workers’ compensation laws which it says...