In 2017, 612,677 bridges in the United States received an annual inspection. 54,259 of them were found to be “structurally deficient”. The average age of a structurally deficient bridge in this country is 67 years. Across all bridges, 4 out of 10 are more than 50 years old. Clearly, some of these critical elements of…
Big Sky, Big Stupid Ideas
Montana is a big state. They have big, wide open areas. They have big ranches. They have “big” speed limits. They have, as their tagline implies, big sky. And they also have big stupid ideas – or at least one big stupid idea. That stupid idea is centered around cash to which the state government…
Workers' Recovery and The State of the Onion Address
Legislators, Regulators, Judges and Fellow Citizens of the Workers’ Compensation World, As we gather tonight to look back on the past year within the workers’ compensation industry, we reflect on occurrences both good and bad; realities both positive and negative, and opportunities realized as well as missed. The year was, as has ostensibly become our…