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Missouri Tornado: 116 Dead; Thousands of Homes, Businesses Destroyed
May 24 2011 // A monster tornado killed at least 116 people in Joplin, Missouri, when it tore through the heart of the small Midwestern city, ripping the roof off a hospital and destroying thousands of homes and businesses. Weather...
Tornadoes Hit Missouri Town; At Least 89 Killed
May 23 2011 // At least 89 people have died in Joplin, Missouri, and the toll is expected to climb as one of the deadliest tornadoes in state history roared through the small Midwestern city Sunday, local officials said Monday. Rescue...
Army: July Earliest Date for Birds Point Levee Damage Assessment to Begin
May 19 2011 // The Army has informed members of Missouri’s congressional delegation that while restoration of the land behind the Birds Point Levee is a high priority, the process of getting an accurate damage assessment...
Missouri Employers Mutual Puts CEO Wilson on Leave
May 19 2011 // Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance Co. has put its president and CEO, former Gov. Roger Wilson, on administrative leave. Board Chairman Jim Owen will head the firm on an interim basis, the company reported. Headquartered...
Business Lobby Gets Mixed Results in Missouri Legislature
May 16 2011 // Missouri Republicans came into this year’s legislative session with historic majorities and a pledge to push a pro-business agenda they said would improve the state’s economy and lower its stubbornly high...
Declarations
May 16 2011 // Banning ‘Storm Vultures’ Senate Bill 101 “will ensure that homeowners and others who have suffered damage to their property are not then battered by the unscrupulous acts of ‘storm...
Missouri Senate Sends Governor New Bill on Farm Lawsuits
May 12 2011 // Responding to objections from Gov. Jay Nixon, Missouri lawmakers passed a revised bill that would restrict the ability of neighboring property owners to bring nuisance lawsuits against large, smelly hog farms. The...
Help Available in Midwest States Affected by Flooding, Violent Weather
May 9 2011 // Midwest residents who suffered damage from flooding, tornados, and other recent severe weather events may qualify for help from federal and state governments in the wake of official disaster declarations. Southern Illinois...
Missouri Jury Awards $4M to Family of Train Victim
May 9 2011 // A jury in northwest Missouri has awarded $4 million in damages in a civil case involving a 2008 train accident that killed a 10-year-old girl. The Andrew County jury has ruled in favor of Shelly Gatewood, whose daughter,...
Missouri Approves Bill to Protect Consumers from ‘Storm Chasers’
May 5 2011 // Missouri lawmakers have given final approval to a bill that proponents say will help protect homeowners from unscrupulous contractors. Senate Bill 101 bars contractors who fix roofs or do other exterior repairs from...
Missouri Farmers Sue Over Levee Breach; Feds Say Help Available
May 5 2011 // The dramatic, late-night demolition of a huge earthen levee sent chocolate-colored floodwaters pouring onto thousands of acres of Missouri farmland on May 3, easing the threat to a tiny Illinois town being menaced by the...
Corps Breaks Missouri Levee as Water Rises Elsewhere
May 4 2011 // A few momentary blasts, flashes of orange light, and the Mississippi River began pouring through a wide hole in a Missouri levee, intentionally blown open by the Army Corps of Engineers in the hope of saving a small...
Missouri Governor Vetoes Workplace Discrimination Measure
May 2 2011 // Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has vetoed legislation that would have changed the legal standard workers must meet when they file discrimination lawsuits against former employers. Nixon said the measure would have undermined the...
Missouri Jury Awards $48 Million in Skydiving Plane Crash
May 2 2011 // A jury has awarded $48 million to relatives of five people killed when a skydiving plane crashed shortly after takeoff from a rural Missouri airport in 2006. The jury in Union, Mo., on April 28 sided against London-based...
Mayor Orders Flood-Threatened Illinois City Evacuated
May 2 2011 // Authorities in a southern Illinois city menaced by two dangerously swollen rivers said on May 1 that most of the city’s remaining residents have heeded a mandatory evacuation order, prompted by river water seeping up...
Nearly 7,000 Insurance Claims Filed After St. Louis Tornado
May 2 2011 // Missouri insurance regulators say major homeowners and auto insurance companies in the state have received nearly 7,000 claims from St. Louis residents with damage from the April 22 (Good Friday) tornado. The companies...
Missouri Black Caucus Urges Governor to Veto Discrimination Bill
May 2 2011 // The Missouri Legislative Black Caucus has urged Gov. Jay Nixon to veto a workplace discrimination bill that recently gained legislative approval. In a letter to Nixon, the caucus said Senate Bill 188 would reverse...
Both Sides Lobby Missouri Gov. on Workplace Discrimination Bill
Apr 28 2011 // Several Missouri lawyers and civil rights groups are urging Gov. Jay Nixon to veto a bill that would change the legal standard workers must meet when they file discrimination lawsuits against former employers. In letters...
Levees Strain in Midwest; Volunteers Keep Fighting
Apr 28 2011 // Twelve hours into a sandbagging shift, and working through a driving storm punctuated by lightning and loud claps of thunder, Casey Lee wasn’t ready to quit. Not until the makeshift levee protecting tiny Dutchtown in...
Missouri Governor Condemns Discrimination Law Changes
Apr 27 2011 // Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon spoke out April 25 against legislation that would make it harder for employees to prove they were fired because of discrimination. In a statement, the governor condemned a measure given final...
