The Iowa Supreme Court heard arguments and must now decide whether to weigh in on a federal lawsuit that pits the water supplier to 500,000 central Iowa residents against upstream farmers accused of contaminating rivers with nitrates from crop fertilizer. …
Several Midwest states report significant drops in the number of residents without health insurance. New data shows nearly 200,000 Wisconsin residents gained some form of health insurance between 2013 and 2015. In Illinois, under the Affordable Care Act, the number …
The city of Omaha, Neb., will pay half of the cost to resurface a street that contains the home of a man who sued the city over its streets policy earlier this year. The City Council voted unanimously to approve …
Federal safety workplace officials have cited a major cargo-handling company for exposing forklift operators at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport to struck-by and electrical hazards, and proposed penalties of more than $338,000. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said this is …
A school district in Minnesota has agreed to pay $50,000 to a female employee and reclassify her position to resolve federal charges of equal pay discrimination. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said the Montevideo School District in Minnesota …
Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group has promoted Jason M. Cohen was promoted to divisional president of Strategic Comp, succeeding Stephen Rosenthal who will retire at the end of 2016. Cohen joined Great American in 2006 as divisional vice president …
Five years of court battles haven’t resolved the blame game between a western Indiana junk yard and one of the nation’s largest insurance companies over water pollution. Valley Forge Insurance has spent millions of dollars in an attempt to stop …
A federal safety agency has proposed more than $411,000 in penalties against the operator of a south-central Nebraska grain elevator where a worker was killed. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said in a news release that Cooperative Producers Inc. …
Keystone Insurers Group has named Andrea Powell as its state vice president for Missouri. Powell brings 16 years of experience in the insurance industry. Most recently, she was the Missouri marketing representative for United Fire Group. She has experience as …
Some ranchers are revisiting their insurance policies following a South Dakota Supreme Court ruling that allows a family in Quinn to collect insurance for cattle that drowned during a blizzard in 2013. The unanimous ruling issued in July has prompted …
