Law enforcement, health care, insurance and transportation groups are urging Missouri lawmakers to ban texting while driving. A House panel heard testimony on three bills that would make it an infraction for a driver to read or send text messages …
Chicago-based CNA appointed Jim Gunson as vice president, Auto and Liability Claim. He will report to Andy Pinkes, executive vice president, Worldwide P&C Claim. Gunson joins CNA with nearly two decades of executive level insurance and legal experience, most recently …
The mayor of Flint, Mich., says Union Labor Life Insurance Co. has committed to bring $25 million in low-cost loans to help remove lead pipes and improve water quality. Karen Weaver announced the funding on March 6, saying in a …
A privatized Ohio economic-development agency says in its annual report that it’s created a record 23,602 jobs last year. The Columbus Dispatch reports that JobsOhio also attracted $6.7 billion in corporate investment last year, increasing the agency’s percentage of both …
Current and former employees are suing Oshkosh Corp. subsidiary Pierce Manufacturing and calling for a jury trial in the case related to compensation. Oshkosh Northwestern Media reports that the class-action lawsuit accuses the manufacturing company of operating an “unlawful compensation …
The National Weather Service says the risk of noticeable flooding across North Dakota continues to drop. An updated report shows that the threat of significant and impactful snowmelt flooding is “very low” and any risk of high water would be …
The Texas-based agency partnership Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced that Kansas-based United Agency joined CAA as its 53rd member. Offering both insurance and real estate solutions to Oklahoma and Kansas customers, United Agency has been serving Arkansas City …
Michigan environmental regulators made crucial errors as Flint began using a new drinking water source that would become contaminated with lead, auditors said on March 4, as crews in the city started to dig up old pipes connecting water mains …
A U.S. Labor Department initiative has found that a handful of Ames, Iowa, restaurants violated federal labor standards and owed thousands of dollars to workers. Department officials announced that Ames employers owed nearly $100,000 to 158 restaurant and hotel workers …
Federal regulators want to punish a southeast Nebraska company that the regulators say wrongfully fired a driver who refused to operate a truck that violated Iowa law. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said in a …
