Social Assistance Regulation & Policy

Venezuela and Iran signed new agreements in several economic and social areas during the visit to Caracas by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, reports South Sentinel (Jan. 11, 2012). Following private talks, Venezuelan President...

Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety released the 2012 Roadmap to State Highway Safety Laws, the ninth annual report grading all 50 states and Washington, D.C., on adoption of 15 basic traffic safety...

Can e-cigarettes be the future of tobacco in the GCC? Kipp investigates... Business interests blocking a tobacco ban-this was the theme behind the excellent Jason Reitman movie 'Thank you for Smoking' and also...

Greccio Housing is preparing to close on two apartment buildings that will increase their inventory of affordable housing by more than 30 percent. Lee Patke, Greccio executive director, said he couldn't discuss specifics...

Colorado's hospitals are expecting a legislative session with few health care bills -- but that doesn't mean they don't have some concerns. Rep. Marsha Looper has filed a bill that seeks to repeal...

Rachel Dalton The old adage 'my house is my pension' - predictably popular in an era when house prices boomed - is now accepted to be an unwise approach to retirement saving. But...

Declining interest from Hurricane Katrina evacuees who have yet to return to New Orleans doesn't mean there's less need for the 1,500 housing units being built in the 27.5-acre footprint of the Lafitte...

Rafael E. Cestero, former Commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, has been named by the Community Preservation Corporation (CPC) Board of Directors to serve as President and...

State and city officials have announced the opening of the $16 million Vicinitas Hall supportive housing development in the Bronx. Located at 507 East 176th Street in the East Tremont section, Vicinitas Hall...

A local health care group has created a Web page to spread the word about what health care reform means to you. The Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Campaign has created a Web page with links...

New York state recently received more than $93 million in federal disaster relief aid, and Nassau and Suffolk counties will be laying their own stake to that money. Forty-eight of the state's 60...

Members from the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) Residential Management Division came together in March 2011 for the 13th annual Residential Management Leadership Awards Breakfast at the Roosevelt Hotel. Over 350...

- H. Burton Embry Promoted To Focus On Evaluating And Analyzing Risk - SALT LAKE CITY -- Primary Residential Mortgage, Inc. (PRMI), one of the premier lenders in the mortgage industry, announced today...

Continues to Diversify Platform, Expand National Footprint, Position Itself as Industry Leader BOSTON & NEW YORK & WASHINGTON -- CW Financial Services (CW), a leading commercial real estate debt, equity and investment management...

Phillips & Cohen Forever Disqualified from Lawsuits Involving IASIS FRANKLIN, Tenn. -- IASIS Healthcare[R] LLC ("IASIS") today announced it has won another important victory in a six-year qui tam lawsuit brought by former...

BOSTON -- Modern Healthcare, a leading healthcare industry publication, has named Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. one of the top ten largest healthcare law firms in the country for 2011....

Transaction Advisory and Due Diligence Group Gains Experienced Multifamily Development Professional BOSTON -- Recap Real Estate Advisors (Recap), one of the nation's recognized experts in the finance, restructuring, and asset management of multifamily...

NEW YORK -- Kronos Incorporated today announced that Family Dollar is using its suite of workforce management solutions to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve productivity - all of which help...

HEADNOTE Lobbyist Cites Concern Over Reforms to Come HEALTHCARE Anew Bloomberg Government study shows that although insurance companies spent millions of dollars trying to defeat government healthcare reform, their profit margins have widened...