California State

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.]. For some time, the trucking industry has been struggling with rising insurance coverage, but risk management issues also plagued fleets this year. Although high premiums have been a top concern, industry leaders and state regulators have taken action to curb other insurance challenges that greatly affect the industry at large.

Trucking Insurance Concerns Go Beyond High Premiums

The Motley Fool

Surprisingly, senior drivers may pay higher rates than younger drivers. Learn 10 sensible ways to drive rates back down.

10 Ways Seniors Can Cut Their Auto Insurance Premiums

Premiums for plans sold on the Affordable Care Act exchanges are expected to grow an average of 7% next year, similar to last year’s growth, according to new research from health policy firm the KFF. Insurers cited workforce shortages, hospital consolidation and growing demand for pricey GLP-1 drugs as...

Premiums for ACA plans to grow 7% next year: KFF

Kiplinger

If you have auto insurance, you’ve probably considered changing car insurance companies at some point. When is it a good idea, and when should you stay put?

Car Insurance Rates Are Rising. Should You Switch Providers?

Medicare Advantage giant Humana expects to lose a “few hundred thousand” members in its marquee business next year, after seriously shrinking its benefits and exiting markets for 2025 in a bid to boost profits, the insurer disclosed Wednesday. It’s the first time Humana has estimated membership losses from...

Humana expects to lose ‘few hundred thousand’ Medicare Advantage members next year

Axios

Former President Trump has been in a foul mood the past few weeks and has repeatedly called Vice President Harris a "bitch" in private, the N.Y. Times' Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan report. Why it matters: Axios has written extensively about this as the girls vs. boys election, with Democrats...

Report: Trump calls Harris a "bitch"

Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The average rate on the popular U.S. 30-year mortgage plunged to its lowest level since May 2023 this week, following days of market turbulence resulting from last week's softer-than-expected employment report.

U.S. 30-year fixed-rate mortgage plunges to lowest since May 2023, Freddie Mac says

GOBankingRates

Housing prices have been increasing for the past decade, with median home values soaring to record highs in 2021. While the market has cooled slightly, high mortgage rates and low inventory have kept...

Will Home Prices Crash in 2026?

Kentucky State

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Northern Kentucky Tribune

Gov. Andy Beshear sent a letter to Anne Milgram, administrator for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Wednesday, expressing his support of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ recommendation that the DEA ease restrictions on marijuana.

Gov. Andy Beshear pens letter to DEA in support of easing federal restrictions on marijuana

Editor's Note: This story originally appeared on The Penny Hoarder. Car insurance premium rates can feel arbitrary and unjust to many of us. But what affects car insurance rates — and why?. Turns out, it’s not so arbitrary. Your rate is actually determined through a complicated algorithm aiming...

7 Factors Secretly Skyrocketing Your Car Insurance Rates

Louisiana State

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Jen Terry

As of 2024, Louisiana is one of the states in the U.S. with a notably low minimum wage compared to many others. Here’s an in-depth look at the minimum wage situation in Louisiana, its implications, and the broader context.

Why Louisiana’s Minimum Wage Remains Among the Lowest in the Nation

Chicago, IL

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Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

Medicare Advantage insurers denied 7.4% of prior authorization requests in 2022, according to data published by KFF. In a report published Aug. 5, KFF examined data submitted to CMS by Medicare Advantage insurers in 2022. The number of denials increased slightly from 6% in 2021. CVS Health denied the highest...

Medicare Advantage insurers ranked by prior authorization denial rates

MotorBiscuit


It might not seem fair, but your rate can increase from accidents that weren’t even your fault.
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When to expect your car insurance premium to go up after a claim

Ohio State

Financial Regulation News

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is seeking information on a trend of rising premiums in home insurance markets.© Shutterstock Brown, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs sent letters to Federal Insurance Office Director Steven Seitz and Comptroller General of the United States Gene Dodaro requesting a review of the […]
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Sen. Browns seeks GAO review of home insurance markets

Colorado State

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Former President Trump's recent false attack questioning Vice President Kamala Harris' racial identity comes as the number of people in the U.S. identifying as multiracial is surging — particularly in California. Why it matters: Trump's comments illuminate how some Americans consistently misunderstand the complexities of people from multiple racial...

California's multiracial population is soaring

The Lens

This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles , as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

Denver, CO

More dangerous substances are entering the Denver drug supply, Harm Reduction Action Center warned in a newsletter this week. “The Iron Law of Prohibition posits that as law enforcement becomes more intense, the potency of prohibited substances increases,” HRAC Executive Director Lisa Raville wrote in the newsletter. That is exactly what is happening, she said.

Dangerous substances entering Denver drug supply

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ACA premiums set to rise in 2025

Growing demand for GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy and hospital consolidation could help drive up the cost of Affordable Care Act coverage next year by...

ACA premiums set to rise in 2025

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