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Some States Still Weigh Mandating Business Interruption Coverage Since about a year ago when their business constituents began complaining that their insurance companies were telling them their policies do not cover their losses from the pandemic, lawmakers in a number of states have responded by filing legislation to require business insurance to cover losses from a pandemic. No state has yet passed a pandemic business interruption mandate. But while lawmakers have not been able to deliver on their proposals to date, the proposals have not gone away. In 2020, 16 states considered bills but t...

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More sentences handed down in municipal court By John Hamilton - jhamilton@wnewsj.com The following report is compiled using a disposition report provided by Clinton County Municipal Court. The information includes the defendant’s name, age, residence if listed, charge(s) disposed, fine, court costs assessed, jail sentence and any special conditions. Municipal Judge Mike Daugherty oversees the court, which administers the law in criminal misdemeanor cases. The following continues the list of those who pled guilty or were found guilty between Feb. 22, 2021 and Feb. 26, 2021: • Courtney Fie...

While the Legislature plans to resend Gov. Charlie Baker a climate change bill that he vetoed after the end of the last two-year session, Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Kathleen Theoharides on Tuesday touted the administration’s climate plan as the most “cost effective” and “most feasible” way to get to net-zero emissions by 2050. “We have to consider ways to get the emissions removed, while not putting our economy in a less competitive place,” Theoharides said in an interview.  But State Sen. James Eldridge — who said he appreciated the administration’s re...