BBB Tip: Traveling Soon? Be Careful When Booking a Hotel Room

Thinking about traveling soon? A survey commissioned in 2018 by the American Hotel and Lodge Association (AHLA) found 23 percent of consumers reported being misled by third-party travel resellers over the phone or online. That translated to 28.5 million hotel stays and over $5.2 billion in fraudulent hotel booking transactions, which caused extra fees, incorrect accommodations and even lost reservations.Read full story

Brown Supports Call to Increase Fines for Rail Safety Violations

CLEVELAND, OH – February 21, 2023 – Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) released the below statement following calls by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to increase the maximum fees that railroads can be fined for safety violations.

“Rail companies and their lobbyists have chipped away at safety rules for decades, and now Ohioans in East Palestine are paying the price,” said Brown “We must work with DOT to create new rules for shipping hazardous materials to keep our communities safe. Read full story

Hazardous Weather Outlook – February 22, 2023

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
334 AM EST Wed Feb 22 2023...

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334 AM EST Wed Feb 22 2023

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio, northeast
Ohio and northwest Ohio.

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Long-Acting Antiretroviral Therapy Suppresses HIV Among People with Unstable Housing, Mental Illnesses, Substance use Disorders

NIH-supported study demonstrates injectable ART may improve outcomes in underserved patients

A long-acting antiretroviral treatment (LA-ART) given every four to eight weeks, and delivered with comprehensive support services, suppressed HIV in people who were previously not virologically suppressed. This is according to an ongoing demonstration study of 133 people with HIV in San Francisco, funded by the National Institutes of Health.Read full story

6 Arrested in Lake County Human Trafficking Sting, Including City Council President

 

(PAINESVILLE, Ohio) — The Northeast Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force in conjunction with Wickliffe Police Department and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office recently arrested six men for attempting to buy sex, among them the president of Eastlake City Council, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Lake County Sheriff Frank Leonbruno announced today.Read full story

IRS and Treasury Provide Guidance for Insurance Providers on Alternative Minimum Tax Under the Inflation Reduction Act

 

WASHINGTON – February 17, 2023 – The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service today issued Notice 2023-20 PDF, which provides interim guidance for insurance companies and certain other taxpayers for the new corporate alternative minimum tax (CAMT) until the issuance of proposed regulations.Read full story