The former executive vice president of the Oklahoma Lumbermen's Association has pleaded not guilty to nine counts of health care-related theft and/or embezzlement involving the LBM group's health plan trust, an Oklahoma newspaper reported. More
While most dealers fret over past increases and the possibility of future hikes in health insurance premiums, there's no consensus over what to do about the problem, ProSales' latest LBM survey indicates. Nearly two-thirds of the roughly 185 dealers responding to the online poll cited cost, affordability or the rising price of premiums when asked to name their biggest concern regarding the state of health care coverage in America today. More
A federal grand jury for the U.S. District Court's Western District of Oklahoma indicted Sharilyn Kay Young, the former executive vice president of the Oklahoma Lumbermen's Association (OLA), with nine felony counts of health care-related theft and/or embezzlement involving the LBM group's health plan trust. More
Montana LBM dealer Nancy Lien Griffin had an opportunity most lumberyard owners never get a chance to do: speak with the president of the United States. More
The opening salvo in what is likely to be one of the bitterest, hardest-fought battles on Capitol Hill this year begins today with the introduction of the Employee Free Choice Act, a pro-labor measure that LBM dealers and others fear will make it easier for unions to organize workers at their facilities. More
Zarsky Lumber of Victoria, Texas, has sold drilling mud, a cooling and flushing lubricant, for more than half a century. Its on-staff engineers work in the locations they serve, and may be on-site at oil fields for a week or more at a time. More
There is some good news for these hard times: insurance rates continue to be... More
You would be hard pressed to find a "let them eat cake" attitude when it comes to... More
The central principle of medicine is first do no harm. Over the past several years... More
