Graphic artist created iconic images

After half a century of creating logos for Hawaii's leading businesses, graphic design artist Clarence Lee, 79, succumbed to Parkinson's disease Thursday under hospice care at Arcadia Retirement Residence.

Colorado oil and gas task force eyes many proposals on local control, fracking, setbacks

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper's oil and gas task force returns to Denver for two days of meetings Monday and Tuesday to begin hammering out proposals aimed at smoothing years of controversy over petroleum-industry operations that have encroached on Front Range communities. But many who have watched the group's months of meetings say they're skeptical the 21 members will be able to garner two-thirds support for any of the recommendations. The final report is due by the end of February. Nearly…

Bush outmaneuvered Romney

Many of Mitt Romney former financial supporters and staffers were not only moving to Jeb Bush, but also to other candidates vying for mainstream Republican support.

See which residential real estate firms are New Mexico's biggest

According to 2014 year-end data released by the Greater Albuquerque Association of Realtors, last year's home sales were down 2.47 percent from 2013. But there is a bright spot: 2014 average sales prices were up 1.19 percent from 2013 to $212,990. These figures included only single-family detached homes. This week's list casts its eye on the residential real estate firms making those transactions happen. Topping the list is Coldwell Banker Legacy, which reported statewide 2014 sales totals of $1.05…

Decision about 2016 has been made, source says

The former GOP nominee will tell supporters which way he is going in a Friday morning call, a source familiar with Romney's plans tells CNN's Dana Bash.

One subplot of the Silver story: An opening for lawsuit reform

Tom Stebbins has plenty of stories that illustrate how and why the arrest of state Assemblyman Sheldon Silver, one of the most powerful lawmakers in New York, will lead to some important pro-business legislation in the near future. Silver, a Democrat and Assembly speaker since 1994, faces fraud and extortion charges. He is accused of taking nearly $4 million worth of bribes and kickbacks. Silver has denied the charges. Stebbins, who is executive director of the Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York,…

Legally speaking: We reveal the top law firms across Phoenix

Snell & Wilmer LLP continued its decades-long reign atop the Phoenix Business Journal's Law Firms list, claiming the No. 1 spot when the 2015 version of the list was published today. The list is ranked by number of local attorneys. Snell & Wilmer reported 181 local attorneys, while longtime runner-up Fennemore Craig PC was again second with 123. Quarles & Brady LLP was third with 98. Click the accompanying image to see a slideshow of the top 10 law firms in the Phoenix area. The full lists are…

Officer pulls baby from hospital rubble

A gas explosion leveled part of a maternity hospital in Mexico City, killing a nurse and two babies in the blast. Dozens were injured.

Federal judge orders Matson to pay $1M in molasses spill plea deal

A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a subsidiary of Matson Inc. to pay $1 million in fines and restitution under a plea agreement reached last fall over charges that Hawaii's largest shipping company illegally discharged more than 230,000 gallons of molasses into Honolulu Harbor in 2013. U.S. Magistrate Judge Richard L. Puglisi ordered Matson Terminals Inc. to pay a fine of $400,000, and restitution of $600,000, which will be divided equally between the Waikiki Aquarium, to support coral programs…

Federal judge orders Matson to pay $1M in molasses spill plea deal

A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a subsidiary of Matson Inc. to pay $1 million in fines and restitution under a plea agreement reached last fall over charges that Hawaii's largest shipping company illegally discharged more than 230,000 gallons of molasses into Honolulu Harbor in 2013. U.S. Magistrate Judge Richard L. Puglisi ordered Matson Terminals Inc. to pay a fine of $400,000, and restitution of $600,000, which will be divided equally between the Waikiki Aquarium, to support coral programs…