Latest Missouri Headlines
All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Floods and Flood Insurance
Jul 18 2011 // While South Central states suffer from drought, the Midwest is paddling upstream against too much water and the flooding has once again put the spotlight on the National Flood Insurance Program with all its faults and...
$750M Settlement Reached with U.S. Farmers over Genetically Modified Rice
Jul 18 2011 // A settlement of up to $750 million has been reached with the German conglomerate Bayer CropScience on behalf of U.S. rice farmers in a series of rice contamination lawsuits, according to Don Downing, an attorney with Gray,...
Floods and Flood Insurance
Jul 18 2011 // While South Central states suffer from drought, the Midwest is paddling upstream against too much water and the flooding has once again put the spotlight on the National Flood Insurance Program with all its faults and...
Wide Range of Ideas Proposed for Rebuilding Joplin, Missouri
Jul 15 2011 // Many Joplin, Mo., residents want the city that emerges after rebuilding from the May 22 tornado to include sidewalks, underground utilities, and walking and biking paths. About 200 people attended one of two public...
Demise of Missouri Medical Malpractice Bill Raises Ethics Questions
Jul 12 2011 // Ethics questions are being raised over a Missouri state senator’s handling of a medical malpractice insurance bill. The Kansas City Star reported that Sen. Rob Schaaf, the vice chairman of the committee where the...
Midwest Agents Say FEMA Creating Flood Insurance Confusion
Jul 12 2011 // Insurance agents in states along the swollen Missouri River basin say federal officials are causing widespread confusion among property owners by pushing the sale of flood insurance policies that might not cover damage...
Missouri Regulators Urge Insurers to Extend Flood Coverage
Jul 11 2011 // Missouri regulators are asking insurance companies to go beyond normal procedures to cover furniture, electronics and other belongings that must be moved because of flooding. The state insurance department says policies...
Iowa Governor Proposes Downstream Missouri River Group
Jul 8 2011 // Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has urged governors in three states to consider pulling out of a Missouri River association because of the Army Corps of Engineers’ long-term management of the river and what he believes is a...
Kansas Governor: Missouri River Floods Should Prompt Review of Corps
Jul 7 2011 // Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is questioning whether flood control is a high enough priority for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as it oversees the Missouri River system. Brownback on July 6 called for the creation of a...
$750M Settlement Reached with U.S. Farmers over Genetically Modified Rice
Jul 7 2011 // A settlement of up to $750 million has been reached with the German conglomerate Bayer CropScience on behalf of U.S. rice farmers in a series of rice contamination lawsuits, according to Don Downing, an attorney with Gray,...
FEMA to Continue Insurance Sales in Midwest Amid Flooding
Jul 7 2011 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency says residents along the Missouri River should buy flood insurance now even though new policies likely won’t cover losses from the floods that began in June. South Dakota Sen....
Expected Summer Floods Could Set Record
Jul 7 2011 // With rivers still running above flood stage and soils saturated, forecasters predicted Wednesday this summer flooding season could rival the worst in U.S. history. In the “Great Flood of 1993,” record-breaking...
Flooded Missouri River Threatens Tributaries, Downstream Towns
Jul 6 2011 // In a season of flooding by some of the nation’s biggest rivers, it’s streams most Americans have never heard of that could cause some of the worst problems in the Midwest. Hundreds of tributaries that feed the...
Missouri River Levee Fails in Southwest Iowa
Jul 1 2011 // A Missouri River levee failed near Percival in southwest Iowa on June 30, the National Weather Service said. The breach, about a mile northwest of the town in Fremont County, had grown to about 200-yards-wide by 9 a.m.,...
South Dakota Senator Seeks Clarification on Flood Insurance
Jun 30 2011 // South Dakota Sen. John Thune has asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency to clarify how the National Flood Insurance Program applies to the current flooding along the Missouri River. FEMA has determined that the...
Nebraska Nuke Utilities Say Safety Prevails Amid Flood
Jun 29 2011 // The utilities that run Nebraska’s two nuclear power plants want the public to know the facilities are safe, even though floodwaters from the Missouri River have surrounded one plant and are encroaching on...
Hickey Named Workers’ Comp Director at Missouri Labor Department
Jun 28 2011 // Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon appointed Labor and Industrial Relations Commissioner John J. Hickey to serve as director of the Division of Workers’ Compensation at the Missouri Department of Labor. He will fill the...
Missouri Governor Extends Order Protecting Insurance Policyholders in Joplin
Jun 27 2011 // Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has extended his executive order providing emergency protections for the insurance coverage of Joplin-area residents. Executive Order 11-20 ensures that residents and business owners in Jasper and...
Missouri Health Care Organization: Smokers Need Not Apply
Jun 20 2011 // A St. Louis-based health care organization will no longer hire smokers to work at any of its seven area hospitals, starting next month. Job applicants at SSM Health Care will be asked if they have used tobacco in the last...
Loophole in Missouri Law Puts Employers at Risk for Occupational Disease Lawsuits
Jun 20 2011 // Employee Lawsuits Are Expected to Increase Missouri employers, including small- and mid-sized companies, should be aware of a loophole in Missouri law putting companies at risk for lawsuits filed by current and former...
