The Republican-controlled Missouri Legislature is looking to complete some unfinished business in the 2018 session that began on Wednesday, including efforts to further regulate unions and enact more restrictions on lawsuits. This is the Missouri GOP’s second year with historic …
The Ohio State Highway Patrol says traffic deaths were down compared to last year during the just-concluded extended holiday weekends. The patrol says preliminary statistics show five deaths from five crashes in the state during the Dec. 22-25 Christmas holiday …
A dispute over four words will cost an insurance company about $200,000. A federal appeals court in Michigan has ruled in favor of a man in the Grand Rapids area who suffered serious injuries during a motorbike crash in 2013. …
Ohio Insurance Agents Association (OIA) has added Craig Niess as business planning and valuation manager. Growing OIA’s vision to be a “change agent for agent change,” Niess will lead the association’s initiatives to build and develop business solutions in the …
Ohio Department of Insurance Director Jillian Froment has been selected by state insurance regulators to serve as chair of the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission, also referred to as the Insurance Compact. The Insurance Compact is focused on consumer protection …
State statistics on traffic-related deaths suggest Iowa roads were safer last year than in 2016. Iowa Department of Transportation figures show that 329 people died in traffic-related incidents in 2017, as of Dec. 29. The 2016 figure: 398. The drop …
A business conditions index for nine Midwest and Plains states rose over the past month, pointing to continuing improvement in regional economic conditions, an economist said in a report released on Jan. 2. The Mid-America Business Conditions Index climbed to …
The founder of the Menards building supply stores doesn’t owe his former fiancée compensation for professional work she said she performed for his multibillion-dollar company and other business ventures during their nine-year relationship, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled. Debra …
Central Ohio residents with emergencies will soon have the option to text 911 in addition to placing a call. Local governments in Delaware and Franklin counties plan to test technology in the first three months of 2018 allowing the emergency …
A federal jury has found an Edina, Minnesota, chiropractor and his recruiters guilty of insurance fraud conspiracy, the Minnesota Department of Commerce announced in late December 2017. According to Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker, licensed Doctor of Chiropractic …
