Latest Missouri Headlines
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Missouri AG Settles with TPAs Over Workers’ Comp Violations
Feb 21 2011 // Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster reached agreements with two companies that the attorney general’s office says violated Missouri’s workers’ compensation law by knowingly failing to report worker...
Internet v. Courts: Googling for Perfect Jurors
Feb 18 2011 // When picking a jury, lawyers always try to stack the panel with people likely to take their side. Now, some are taking the vetting process to a new level: they’re quietly trawling social networks and other sites to...
Missouri AG Files Class Action Against BP on Behalf of Pension Funds
Feb 16 2011 // Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, acting as counsel for lead plaintiffs for a class of pension plans and investors around the country, has filed in U.S. District Court in Houston a consolidated class-action against...
Martin Promoted to Administration Leader at Missouri DIFP
Feb 16 2011 // The Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration (DIFP) named former budget officer Grady Martin as the new director of its Resource Administration Division. In this position he is...
Overby-Seawell Adds Hollister to Missouri Staff
Feb 9 2011 // Overby-Seawell Co. has announced that Lee-Ann Hollister has joined its executive sales team as part of the company’s nationwide expansion. She will be based in the firm’s Kansas City, Missouri, office and will...
Missouri Business Leaders Outline Agenda to Create, Keep Jobs
Feb 7 2011 // Tort, Workers’ Comp Reform Among Legislative Proposals Business leaders in Missouri are asking state lawmakers for reforms that they say will help protect and create jobs. Among the priorities for the Fix the Six...
Missouri AG Settles with TPAs Over Workers’ Comp Violations
Feb 4 2011 // Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has reached agreements with two companies who the attorney general’s office says violated Missouri’s workers’ compensation law by knowingly failing to report worker...
Agriculture, Energy Help Bolster Mid-America States Economy
Feb 2 2011 // The economy is gaining strength in nine Midwest and Plains states because global growth and continued low interest rates have provided a boost to agriculture and energy businesses, according to a new survey released Feb....
Missouri Insurance Department Returns $10M to Consumers
Jan 31 2011 // Enforcement by the Missouri Department of Insurance resulted in consumers receiving $10.5 million from their insurance companies in 2010, the DOI reported. The money was returned through the department’s mediation...
Missouri Doubles Number of Licensed Captive Insurers
Jan 24 2011 // Missouri doubled the number licensed captive insurers last year, from six at the end of 2009 to 12 at the end of 2010. The Missouri Department of Insurance says the growth is an indication of Missouri’s...
Missouri Business Leaders Urge Tort, Workers’ Comp, Employment Law Reforms
Jan 24 2011 // Business leaders in Missouri are asking state lawmakers for reforms that they say will help protect and create jobs. Among the priorities, which proponents are calling “Fix the Six,” are bottom-line issues for...
Missouri House Approves Tax Break for Small Businesses
Jan 21 2011 // Missouri House members have given first-round approval to a tax break for small businesses, which is a priority for the chamber’s Republican leaders. The businesses would be eligible for a $10,000 tax deduction for...
Utility Ameren Missouri Fighting for $30M Insurance Recovery
Jan 18 2011 // Ameren Missouri continues its fight to recover more than $30 million from one of its insurers five years after a section of the utility’s Taum Sauk reservoir collapsed and sent more than a billion gallons of water...
Two Missouri Employers Jailed for Noncompliance with OSHA Citations
Jan 10 2011 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration in late December arrested two St. Louis, Mo., employers for failing to comply with court sanctions enforcing OSHA citations. Brian Andre,...
Missouri Lawmakers Pledge to Aid Businesses in 2011
Jan 7 2011 // The Missouri Legislature convened its 2011 session on Jan. 5, 2011, with many new faces, a looming budget shortfall and a pledge from the state’s largest Republican majority to make quick progress on a pro-business...
2 Missouri Employers Jailed for Noncompliance With OSHA Citations
Dec 30 2010 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced the arrest of two St. Louis, Mo., employers for failing to comply with court sanctions enforcing OSHA citations. Brian Andre,...
Missouri Recommends 11% Drop in Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates
Dec 16 2010 // After reviewing statewide data for insurance claims paid by employers for injured workers in 2010, the Missouri Department of Insurance is recommending a 11.1 percent decrease in workers’ compensation rates for 2011....
Missouri Health Plan Loses Enrollees
Dec 14 2010 // Enrollment in Missouri’s health care plan for state workers and retirees has fallen almost 5 percent after the state announced it was making budget-cutting changes that would result in higher out-of-pocket costs for...
Court: Missouri Can Lay Off Workers’ Comp Judges to Cut Costs
Dec 9 2010 // A Missouri appeals court has ruled that the state can lay off three workers’ compensation administrative law judges who challenged the state’s decision to scrap their positions as part of state budget cuts. The...
Missouri Lawmaker Wants State Liability for Elk
Dec 2 2010 // A Missouri lawmaker wants the state to be liable for damage caused to crops or cars by wild elk. Republican Rep. Casey Guernsey is a farmer from northwest Missouri — far away from where the Department of Conservation...
