Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has signed legislation raising charges on businesses to replenish an insolvent state fund that provides benefits to disabled workers. The new law will temporarily double the surcharge that businesses pay on their workers’ compensation insurance in …
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has signed legislation raising charges on businesses to replenish an insolvent state fund that provides benefits to disabled workers The new law will temporarily double the surcharge that businesses pay on their workers’ compensation insurance in …
More than a thousand disabled workers could finally begin receiving payments for their job-related injuries if the Missouri House gives final approval to legislation intended to replenish an insolvent state fund. SB 1, which passed the Senate early on May …
Missouri senators have backed a plan that could provide $15 million to Joplin to rebuild street curbs and gutters damaged as a result of a deadly 2011 tornado. The legislation given initial approval would create a disaster recovery fund for …
A federal judge has struck down a Missouri law exempting moral objectors from mandatory birth control coverage because it conflicts with an insurance requirement under President Barrack Obama’s health care law. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Audrey Fleissig cites …
Missouri senators have endorsed a two-part plan to replenish an insolvent fund for disabled workers and stop people with job-related diseases from bringing big-dollar lawsuits against their employers. The legislation attempts to address a pair of consequences resulting from a …
Nearly two dozen years after Monroe Gunter retired from a long career at a Missouri power company, he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer often caused by exposure to asbestos. Gunter sued his former employer, claiming its negligence …
Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri stressed her support for federal crop insurance legislation and other rural interests on Aug. 10 while her new Republican challenger, U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, defended his opposition to past farm bills because of their …
The cost of 30 manhole covers that got sucked away: $5,800. A new concession stand at the destroyed high school: $228,600. Shelter and care for more than 1,300 homeless pets: $372,000. The tornado that tore through Joplin a year ago …
About six weeks after he vetoed legislation that would have changed the state’s workers’ compensation system, Missouri’s Democratic governor is signaling that he would be open to compromise with Republican lawmakers. In a letter to Senate leaders obtained by The …
