Determined to avoid a repeat of the nation’s worst-ever avian-influenza outbreak, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is stockpiling up to 500 million doses of a new vaccine — but many in the $48 billion poultry industry don’t want it. While …
JLT Specialty USA, a U.S. subsidiary of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc. (JLT), appointed Matt Reese as senior vice president. He is based in Chicago. Reese comes to JLT Specialty USA having led the Chicago operations for Hays Companies. Prior …
The city of Waterloo, Iowa, has settled a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a man shot to death in 2012 by a police officer. A judge signed off on the $2.5 million settlement with the city’s insurance …
The state must pay nearly $1 million after losing a discrimination lawsuit filed by a longtime Iowa Department of Natural Resources employee who said he was fired because he sought disability accommodations for a job injury, according to court documents …
A county official says an elevation change on a highway in South Dakota’s Day County is partly responsible for the high accident rate along that stretch. Day County Emergency Management director Wes Williams calls the area going east from Andover …
The Justice Department announced that Ohio’s Kent State University (KSU) has agreed to pay $145,000 to settle a civil rights lawsuit alleging that the university had maintained a policy of not allowing students with psychological disabilities to keep emotional support …
The number of deaths caused by fire in Indiana declined by more than 10 percent last year, state officials said. The Indiana Department of Homeland Security recorded 73 fire deaths around the state during 2015, down from 84 such deaths …
Seymour Midwest, a Warsaw, Ind., hand tool manufacturing company, will pay $100,000 and furnish other relief to resolve an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced. According to EEOC’s suit, Seymour Midwest …
Indiana’s cap on medical malpractice payments would be increased for the first time in decades under a proposal in the state Legislature. A bill endorsed by Republicans who control the Indiana Senate would boost the state’s current limits on what …
San Francisco 49ers running back Reggie Bush has filed a lawsuit against the St. Louis Regional Convention and Stadium Authority for a season-ending knee injury sustained when he slipped on bare concrete bordering the field at the Edward Jones Dome. …
