Latest Missouri Headlines
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Group Pushes for Sustainable Rebuilding in Joplin, Missouri
Apr 16 2012 // Folks in Joplin, Mo., who want to go green in rebuilding homes and businesses — or at least use products to help them cut down on energy costs — can find help in a local organization called GreenTown Joplin. The group...
Insurance Premiums Climb to a Record $30B in Missouri in 2011
Apr 16 2012 // Missouri experienced a number of insurance industry “firsts” in 2011, including a record number of premium sales dollars, the largest-ever amount in claims paid for a single event in the state, and an...
Missouri Home Insurance Rates Rise
Apr 16 2012 // Missouri insurance regulators report that homeowners premiums increased 5 percent between July 2011 and March 2012. The figure is based on an analysis of rates charged by insurers covering 80 percent of homes. Disaster...
Agents Urge Caution on Changes to Missouri Work Comp Insurer
Apr 16 2012 // Some insurance agents are urging caution as Missouri lawmakers consider changes to a state-created workers’ compensation firm that has been criticized by the state auditor for taking advantage of a federal tax...
Ex-Missouri Governor Charged with Mishandling Insurance Firm Donation
Apr 13 2012 // Former Missouri Gov. Roger Wilson has been indicted on charges he misappropriated $5,000 from a firm created by the state Legislature to provide workers’ compensation insurance and where he served as president and...
Missouri House Panel to Again Consider Workplace Discrimination
Apr 11 2012 // Missouri lawmakers appear poised to take up discrimination in the workplace again, in a possible attempt to get around a veto issued by Gov. Jay Nixon. Nixon, a Democrat, vetoed a measure in March that would have required...
Bond Passage to Fund More Storm Shelters in Joplin, Missouri
Apr 10 2012 // When Joplin, Mo., residents approved a $62 million bond issue recently, they agreed to fund more than just new schools. The bond issue and about $122 million from insurance, donations and state and federal aid will also...
Former Warranty Insurance Firm Co-Owner Pleads Guilty in Missouri
Apr 9 2012 // A former co-owner of one of the country’s top marketers of auto service contracts has pleaded guilty in Missouri to theft and fraud. Darain Atkinson founded St. Charles-based US Fidelis with his brother, Cory...
Missouri Senate Backs Study of State-Created Workers’ Compensation Insurer
Apr 6 2012 // The Missouri Senate has endorsed the establishment of a special committee to study whether to change a state-created workers’ compensation insurer. Senators gave initial approval on April 4 to a bill creating a...
Agents Urge Caution on Changes to Missouri Work Comp Insurer
Apr 4 2012 // Some insurance agents are urging caution as Missouri lawmakers considered changes to a state-created workers’ compensation firm that has been criticized by the state auditor for taking advantage of a federal tax...
Tornadoes Raise Home Insurance Rates in Missouri
Apr 3 2012 // Even Missouri residents who lived nowhere near last year’s deadly tornadoes are writing bigger checks to insure their homes. The state Department of Insurance reports that premiums increased 5 percent between July...
Corps Seeks Dismissal of Missouri Breached Levee Lawsuit
Apr 2 2012 // The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking dismissal of a lawsuit brought on behalf of more than 140 southeast Missouri farmers over damage caused by last year’s intentional breach of the Birds Point levee at the...
Missouri Senate Votes to Override Veto on Workers’ Comp
Apr 2 2012 // The Missouri Senate has voted to override Gov. Jay Nixon’s earlier veto of a bill that would change workers’ compensation laws by barring some lawsuits over workplace injuries. The Republican-controlled...
Missouri Discrimination, Workers’ Comp Bills Vetoed
Apr 2 2012 // Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has vetoed for the second consecutive year legislation that would have changed rules for lawsuits alleging workplace discrimination (HB 1219) and blocked changes to the workers’ compensation...
Settlement Reached In Missouri LGBT Web-Filtering Case
Mar 29 2012 // The American Civil Liberties Union has settled a lawsuit with a central Missouri school district whose Internet filtering software was blocking access to educational websites about gay, lesbian and transgender issues. The...
Missouri Senator Seeks Insurance For Inspection Shops
Mar 29 2012 // Vehicle inspection stations in Missouri would have to carry insurance to cover vehicle damage done by employees, under legislation moving through the state Senate. Missouri requires inspections every two years for older...
Missouri Workers’ Comp Insurer To Pay $2M Dividend
Mar 29 2012 // Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance Co. says it will pay more than $2 million in dividends this spring to more than 11,000 policyholders. The Columbia-based workers’ compensation insurance company says the payments...
Missouri Senator Seeks Insurance for Inspection Shops
Mar 29 2012 // Vehicle inspection stations in Missouri would have to carry insurance to cover vehicle damage done by employees, under legislation moving through the state Senate. Sen. Robin Wright-Jones Missouri requires inspections...
Missouri AG Settles with American Suzuki Motor Corp. over Advertising
Mar 27 2012 // Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has announced a $540,000 settlement with American Suzuki Motor Corp. that resolves allegations that Chad Franklin Suzuki, a former Suzuki dealer operating in the Kansas City area,...
Missouri Republicans Ponder Next Move on Vetoed Business Bills
Mar 26 2012 // Republican lawmakers in Missouri are trying to decide what they will do next on two pieces of business legislation recently vetoed by Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon. One measure would require workers who bring wrongful...
