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California Commissioner Pushes for Wildfire Recovery Bill, Other Legislation

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Volvo Launches Independent Agency; Arden’s Wildfire Program Backed by SiriusPoint

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign several wildfire and health-related bills that have passed the Legislature and are now awaiting the governor’s approval. “They reflect our collective responsibility to help individuals, communities, and businesses recover from disasters on their own terms. Signing these bills will strengthen California’s leadership in […]

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California Extending Cap-And-Trade Program Aimed at Advancing State Climate Goals

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Hundreds May Have Been Exposed to Rabies in Grand Teton National Park Cabins

California will extend a key climate program under a bill state lawmakers passed Saturday, sending the measure to Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has championed it as a crucial tool to respond to the Trump administration’s environmental rollbacks. The Democrat-dominated Legislature voted to reauthorize the state’s cap-and-trade program, which is set to expire after 2030. Then-Gov.

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California Roofing Contractor Must Pay $2M in Unpaid Wages, Damages

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Hundreds May Have Been Exposed to Rabies in Grand Teton National Park Cabins

A federal court ordered a Northern California-based roofing contractor to pay $1.9 million in back wages and damages to 158 workers after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation reportedly found the employer failed to pay required overtime rates to workers. The action by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San

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This California Town Was Ravaged by A Wildfire. Seven Years Later, Schools Are Still Recovering

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Volvo Launches Independent Agency; Arden’s Wildfire Program Backed by SiriusPoint

Nearly seven years after Paradise was ravaged by wildfire, the foothill town smells like pine trees again. New homes are sprouting up on once-scorched lots. Construction trucks rumble through neighborhoods. An ice cream shop recently opened around the corner from the newly rebuilt high school. But in the town’s classrooms, recovery has been more complicated

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California AG’s Brief Urges Court to Side With Employee in Discrimination Suit

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Two Workers Sue Over New York City Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak

California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in support urging the court to affirm an employee’s right to sue Liberty University for sex-based discrimination. The brief, filed as part of a coalition of 20 attorneys general, says a lower court’s ruling protects states’

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California Court Rules LA Retailer Illegally Sold Credit Insurance

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Oregon Division of Financial Regulation Earns NAIC Accreditation

The California Second District Court of Appeals found that a retail store chain illegally sold credit insurance to its customers. The California Department of Justice charged Adir International LLC (dba Curacao), and its owner Ron Azarkman of unlawfully profiting from the chain’s customers, alleging the retail store chain with 10 locations in Southern California illegally

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California Plans to Boost Utility Wildfire Fund by $18 Billion

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California Plans to Boost Utility Wildfire Fund by $18 Billion

California lawmakers have reached an initial agreement to shore up the state’s wildfire utility fund. The agreement is expected be filed into legislative text on Wednesday after lawmakers suspended a Tuesday deadline, according to people familiar with the negotiations who asked not to be named because the information is private. The boost will be around

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Former California Insurance Commissioner Carries on Climate Change Crusade

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Former California Insurance Commissioner Carries on Climate Change Crusade

When Dave Jones first started talking about climate change and what insurers should be doing about it some 15 years ago, the response could be thought of as something akin to a collective shrug. There wasn’t much to say. Insurance policies were renewed annually, and the effects of global warming that would become bad enough

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Older Homes for Sale in California Now Come With Wildfire Warnings

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Older Homes for Sale in California Now Come With Wildfire Warnings

Most California homes were built long before the state required that they be constructed to withstand wildfires. Now, sellers of older homes in high-risk areas must disclose to potential buyers not only a dwelling’s susceptibility to fire but what they’ve done to address those vulnerabilities. As climate change intensifies natural disasters, states across the U.S.

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California Suit That Claimed Fox Sports Ex-Host Harassed Stylist Has Been Mostly Resolved

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Two Workers Sue Over New York City Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak

A woman who worked as a hairstylist for Fox Sports has resolved most of a lawsuit that alleged former host Skip Bayless made repeated, unwanted advances toward her — including an offer of $1.5 million to have sex with him. Noushin Faraji is still seeking class-action status for her and others who worked at Fox

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