A deadly explosion that leveled one Missouri home and damaged two others happened after a subcontractor drilled into an unmarked underground gas main while installing fiber optic cable, the National Transportation Safety Board announced Monday. One person was killed and …
A proposed carbon-capture pipeline that would traverse through several Midwestern states could face more hurdles in Iowa as a dozen Republican state senators try to force the issue to a vote. Summit Carbon Solutions already will likely have to readjust …
American Airlines Group Inc. sued the city of Chicago in a fight with rival United Airlines Holding Inc. over valuable gate space at O’Hare International Airport. The airport is a hub for both airlines, making it the only dual-hub airport …
Rivian Automotive Inc. is investing $120 million in a new supplier park in Illinois, another win for Governor JB Pritzker after the company announced a $1.5 billion plan to expand its plant in the state. The 1.2 million-square-foot park in …
Encova Insurance, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, hired Ramu Lingala as the successor to Tony Laska, executive vice president and chief information officer. Laska announced his plans for retirement at the end of 2025 last year. Lingala joined Encova in February. …
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt released data last month on the amount paid by insurance companies for Kansas storm damage claims in 2024. In 2024, reported storm claims totaled 56,778 and the amount paid out on those claims by insurance …
The mother of an inmate who died of dehydration and malnutrition at Wisconsin’s oldest maximum security prison last year has filed a federal lawsuit, marking the fourth action brought by relatives of inmates who have died at the troubled institution …
Voters in Alaska, Missouri and Nebraska were asked last year whether they wanted to require employers to provide paid sick leave to their workers. They overwhelmingly said yes. Now some lawmakers in each of those states are trying to roll …
Norfolk Southern began making promises to East Palestine, Ohio, soon after its train derailed and caught fire in February 2023. The railroad said it would “make it right” after five tank cars of vinyl chloride were intentionally burned, sending up …
The Trump administration sued Michigan and Hawaii seeking to block the states from suing oil companies for damage caused by climate change, less than two months after the US Supreme Court rebuffed a Republican bid to derail such legal efforts. …
