FDRs jobless benefits act turns 75

FDRs jobless benefits act turns 75 By Mike Gorrell The Salt Lake Tribune Updated Aug 13, 2010 06:02PM MDT This year alone, 84,340 Utahns have filed new initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits. That number easily exceeds the total number of Utahns in the nonagricultural work force when President Franklin Roosevelt signed federal legislation 75 years ago today, creating the federal …

Preparing for Hurricanes

At a forum on hurricane preparedness, held Tuesday evening at the Southampton Cultural Center, Tom Crowley shared a cautionary tale with the audience. Crowley, an independent insurance agent, lives close to the water in Southampton Town. Every year he griped about paying for flood insurance and around 11 years ago canceled his policy.