Latest Missouri Headlines
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Mayor Says Congress’ Lack of Action Means Uncertainty for Joplin, Missouri
Sep 26 2011 // The mayor of Joplin, Mo., mayor says he appreciates efforts in Washington to get the economy in order, but he’s worried about how that will affect his city as it tries to rebuild from a devastating May tornado. The...
Corps Pegs 2011 Flood Damage to Levees at $2B
Sep 19 2011 // The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimates it will cost more than $2 billion to repair the damage to the nation’s levees, dams and riverbanks caused by this year’s excessive flooding, a sum that dwarfs $150...
Insurance Payments in Joplin, Missouri Recovery Top $1B
Sep 19 2011 // Insurance payouts from the May 22 Joplin tornado have exceeded $1 billion, according to the Missouri Department of Insurance. Home, auto and commercial insurers have reported their preliminary claims and payment numbers as...
Corps Backs Missouri River Study
Sep 19 2011 // After months of sustained, historic Midwest flooding and criticism that the government bungled its management of the Missouri River, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it has commissioned a study of its handling of the...
New Insurance Laws Go Into Effect in Missouri
Sep 16 2011 // Missouri homeowners hit by damaging storms now have stronger protections in place under two new state laws that recently went into effect, insurance regulators announced. The laws allow insurance companies to better serve...
Flood Insurance Has Paid $43 Million in Missouri River Floods
Sep 14 2011 // Federal flood insurance has already paid out $43 million to help policyholders deal with the damage caused by flooding along the Missouri River even though the floodwaters haven’t fully receded. The Federal Emergency...
Joplin, Missouri Residents Have Until Oct. 15 to Demolish Structures
Sep 11 2011 // Joplin, Mo., residents have until Oct. 15 to demolish structures damaged by this spring’s devastating tornado, city officials announced. The deadline applies only to structures residents do not plan to reuse. The...
Missouri Governor Seeks Detail on FEMA Funding Freeze
Sep 2 2011 // Disaster-struck communities counting on federal aid for recovery need to know which rebuilding projects will be delayed as money is shifted to other parts of the country, Missouri’s governor told the Federal...
Tornado Has Cost Insurance $2.2B So Far in Joplin, Missouri
Sep 1 2011 // The tornado that devastated Joplin in May is expected to cost insurance companies about $2.2 billion. Property Claims Services, which determines insurance payouts for catastrophes, said that figure includes payouts already...
Missouri Receives $21M Grant to Build Online Health Insurance Marketplace
Aug 17 2011 // Missouri has received a $21 million grant aimed at making health insurance coverage for individuals and small businesses more accessible and affordable, regulators Using the grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Health...
Missouri: $745M in Claims Paid Toward Joplin Recovery
Aug 17 2011 // As of mid-July insurance companies serving consumers in the Joplin, Mo., area had paid more than $745 million in claims for residential, personal and commercial property damaged by the EF-5 tornado that struck May 22,...
Pipeline Leaks into Missouri River in Iowa
Aug 15 2011 // A leak in a natural gas liquids pipeline operated by Enterprise Products Partners spilled fuel into the Missouri River in Iowa, the company said Monday. The leak was on the Iowa side of Enterprise’s Conway North line...
Missouri to Audit State-Created Workers’ Compensation Insurer
Aug 14 2011 // A state-created company intended to help small businesses get workers’ compensation insurance has agreed to a review by the Missouri auditor’s office. Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance Co. agreed to what it...
Missouri Lawyers Challenge Legalzoom’s Service
Aug 1 2011 // A federal class-action civil suit in Missouri against a California-based vendor of online legal documents raises the question of whether even the most routine legal matters should remain the sole domain of the law...
Missouri River Flood Protection Might Be Retained
Jul 22 2011 // Some Iowa officials say they’d like to keep in place temporary dikes, berms and levees that were hurriedly built to protect people and property from Missouri River floodwater. Woodbury County emergency management...
Missouri Governor Pledges Home-Rebuilding Aid in Joplin
Jul 20 2011 // Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon on July 19 outlined plans to allot $122 million in state and federal aid to rebuild homes hit by a devastating tornado in Joplin. The money could start flowing soon to owners of single-family homes...
Missouri Insurance Officials: $5M Returned to Customers
Jul 18 2011 // Missouri’s Insurance Department says it’s recovered more than $5 million in the first half of the year for residents who filed complaints about their insurance companies. The department has released a quarterly...
Midwest Governors Unhappy with Corps’ Management of the Missouri River
Jul 18 2011 // Their states coping with massive flooding that is expected to continue through the summer, some Midwest governors are taking issue with the management of the Missouri River system by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers....
Expected Summer Floods Could Set Record
Jul 18 2011 // With rivers running above flood stage and soils saturated, forecasters have predicted the 2011 summer flooding season could rival the worst in U.S. history. In the “Great Flood of 1993,” record-breaking floods...
People
Jul 18 2011 // Barbara Zito has been named senior vice president of Marketing at Founders Insurance Co. in Des Plaines, Ill. Founders is a member company of the Utica National Insurance Group of New Hartford, N.Y. Zito is responsible for...
