Yvette C. Hammett is a journalist who spent much of her career in newsrooms, including The Tampa Tribune, The Mobile Register, and The Stuart News, covering issues from courtroom to environmental battles, a busy cop beat, and international news.
With a record number of immigration judges leaving the bench and funding for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services up in the air, a larger backlog of cases is
The drug company Novartis Pharmaceuticals will pay a $678 million settlement to settle federal charges of paying kickbacks to doctors to prescribe its medications. In a separate suit, the company
To many small businesses, the federal stimulus program that provided money to pay employees during the pandemic was a critical lifeline. But if those business owners aren’t precise with
1. Keep detailed records regarding all PPP loan spending.
Because of the strict stipulations that come along with a PPP loan, it is imperative businesses keep careful records of how
Florida felons will not get the opportunity to vote in the state’s primary election in August after the U.S. Supreme Court decided not to weigh in on the
A recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court has the potential to leave more than 61 million women without insurance coverage for birth control, based on the decision of
A recent study by the American Academy of Pediatrics makes a direct correlation between distracted driving laws and fewer fatal crashes among all age groups.
That includes drivers 16 to
While numerous big-money verdicts have been handed down in cases involving Johnson & Johnson talcum baby powder and complaints that it causes cancer, the real victory for many people came
Everyone knows a horror story about a mammoth hospital bill that came as a total shock.
But what people may not know is that they have legal rights that could
Next Avenue consumer reporter Caroline Mayer suggests these six ways to negotiate lower doctor bills:
1. Do your own research to determine the going rate for procedures in your area.
After Florida’s governor preempted a pending Orange County charter amendment that would protect two rivers, a local advocacy group sued, testing a growing movement known as Rights of Nature.
