Latest Missouri Headlines
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Missouri Jury Awards $4M to Family of Train Victim
May 9 2011 // A jury in northwest Missouri has awarded $4 million in damages in a civil case involving a 2008 train accident that killed a 10-year-old girl. The Andrew County jury has ruled in favor of Shelly Gatewood, whose daughter,...
Missouri Approves Bill to Protect Consumers from ‘Storm Chasers’
May 5 2011 // Missouri lawmakers have given final approval to a bill that proponents say will help protect homeowners from unscrupulous contractors. Senate Bill 101 bars contractors who fix roofs or do other exterior repairs from...
Missouri Farmers Sue Over Levee Breach; Feds Say Help Available
May 5 2011 // The dramatic, late-night demolition of a huge earthen levee sent chocolate-colored floodwaters pouring onto thousands of acres of Missouri farmland on May 3, easing the threat to a tiny Illinois town being menaced by the...
Corps Breaks Missouri Levee as Water Rises Elsewhere
May 4 2011 // A few momentary blasts, flashes of orange light, and the Mississippi River began pouring through a wide hole in a Missouri levee, intentionally blown open by the Army Corps of Engineers in the hope of saving a small...
Missouri Governor Vetoes Workplace Discrimination Measure
May 2 2011 // Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has vetoed legislation that would have changed the legal standard workers must meet when they file discrimination lawsuits against former employers. Nixon said the measure would have undermined the...
Missouri Jury Awards $48 Million in Skydiving Plane Crash
May 2 2011 // A jury has awarded $48 million to relatives of five people killed when a skydiving plane crashed shortly after takeoff from a rural Missouri airport in 2006. The jury in Union, Mo., on April 28 sided against London-based...
Mayor Orders Flood-Threatened Illinois City Evacuated
May 2 2011 // Authorities in a southern Illinois city menaced by two dangerously swollen rivers said on May 1 that most of the city’s remaining residents have heeded a mandatory evacuation order, prompted by river water seeping up...
Nearly 7,000 Insurance Claims Filed After St. Louis Tornado
May 2 2011 // Missouri insurance regulators say major homeowners and auto insurance companies in the state have received nearly 7,000 claims from St. Louis residents with damage from the April 22 (Good Friday) tornado. The companies...
Missouri Black Caucus Urges Governor to Veto Discrimination Bill
May 2 2011 // The Missouri Legislative Black Caucus has urged Gov. Jay Nixon to veto a workplace discrimination bill that recently gained legislative approval. In a letter to Nixon, the caucus said Senate Bill 188 would reverse...
Both Sides Lobby Missouri Gov. on Workplace Discrimination Bill
Apr 28 2011 // Several Missouri lawyers and civil rights groups are urging Gov. Jay Nixon to veto a bill that would change the legal standard workers must meet when they file discrimination lawsuits against former employers. In letters...
Levees Strain in Midwest; Volunteers Keep Fighting
Apr 28 2011 // Twelve hours into a sandbagging shift, and working through a driving storm punctuated by lightning and loud claps of thunder, Casey Lee wasn’t ready to quit. Not until the makeshift levee protecting tiny Dutchtown in...
Missouri Governor Condemns Discrimination Law Changes
Apr 27 2011 // Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon spoke out April 25 against legislation that would make it harder for employees to prove they were fired because of discrimination. In a statement, the governor condemned a measure given final...
Extended Auto Warranty Company Settles Missouri Lawsuit for $125K
Apr 26 2011 // Missouri is set to receive $125,000 under a settlement with a vehicle extended service contract seller. Attorney General Chris Koster said the state reached a settlement with St. Charles-based Dealers Warranty, LLC, d/b/a...
Missouri Black Caucus Urges Nixon to Veto Workplace Discrimination Bill
Apr 22 2011 // The Missouri Legislative Black Caucus is urging Gov. Jay Nixon to veto a workplace discrimination bill that recently gained legislative approval. In a letter to Nixon, the caucus said Senate Bill 188 would reverse...
Missouri Insurers Say 15,000 Cars Stolen in 2010
Apr 20 2011 // An insurance group says car thieves in Missouri targeted the Ford Taurus more than any other car in 2010. Citing numbers from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the Missouri Insurance Information Service says more than...
Missouri Insurance Dept. Returns More than $2M to Consumers in Q1 2011
Apr 19 2011 // The Missouri Department of Insurance reported it has helped consumers to retrieve $2.4 million from their insurance companies so far in 2011. The insurers returned the money to consumers after the department mediated...
Business Agenda Advancing in Missouri
Apr 4 2011 // Missouri’s business community is well positioned, legislatively, this year. Already, the House has passed five of the six items identified as priorities by a coalition of business organizations. The Senate has passed...
Missouri Bills Address Employee Liability in Workers’ Comp
Apr 1 2011 // Missouri legislators are considering two workers’ compensation bills to address whether an employee is liable when an employee is injured on the job SB 8 would restrict co-employee liability in workers’...
Missouri Updates Insurance Consumer Complaint System
Mar 31 2011 // The Missouri Department of Insurance has responded to Gov. Jay Nixon’s call for more efficient government by launching a new online system for verifying consumer complaints. The department now sends complaint data to...
Analysis: Business Agenda Advancing in Missouri
Mar 29 2011 // Frustrated by a perceived lack of success at a Missouri Capitol that professes job-creation as its top goal, more than a dozen representatives from businesses began meeting last summer to develop a winning strategy for...
