Some Ohio Residents Can Now Get $25,000 for Injuries in 2023 Train Derailment August 1, 2024 By Josh Funk People who live near East Palestine, Ohio, can now get $25,000 apiece for any injuries they sustained after last year’s...
People Moves: JM Wilson Hires and Promotes Transportation Underwriting Team Members July 31, 2024 JM Wilson, headquartered in Portage, Michigan, hired Gina Deryas as a transportation renewal underwriter and Brian Bragg as a transportation...
Norfolk Southern Reports $156M in Insurance Payments Following Ohio Derailment July 31, 2024 By Josh Funk Norfolk Southern got a boost during the second quarter from insurance payments related to last year’s disastrous East Palestine derailment,...
How a Small South Dakota College Became a Hub for Cyber Job Creation July 31, 2024 By Bart Pfankuch MADISON, S.D. (AP) — A seed planted by South Dakota legislative and higher education leaders four decades ago has blossomed...
Minnesota Adds Stricter Guidelines for Rehabilitation Services in Work Comp Claims July 30, 2024 Injured Minnesota employees who seek services from the Department of Labor and Industry’s Vocational Rehabilitation unit (VRU) while their disputed...
Indiana Contractor Faces $199K Fine for Exposing Workers to Deadly Falls July 30, 2024 Twice in less than two weeks, federal workplace safety inspectors found an Indiana contractor exposing employees to deadly risks of...
Ohio Supreme Ct.: Chicken Wings Advertised as ‘Boneless’ Can Have Bones July 30, 2024 By Michael Rubinkam Consumers cannot expect boneless chicken wings to actually be free of bones, a divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled last week,...
Local Opposition Challenges Wind Farm Development in Rural Nebraska July 29, 2024 After NextEra proposed a wind farm in Greeley County, Nebraska two years ago, Robert Bernt, a dairy farm owner in...
Ohio Manufacturer Faces $145K in Fines After Worker Fatally Burned by Molten Metal July 29, 2024 A Hubbard, Ohio industrial manufacturer failed to protect their employees from molten metal that was heated to more than 2,000...
Dozens of Catholic Priests and Nuns Accused of Child Abuse in Missouri Lawsuits July 29, 2024 By Jim Salter ST. LOUIS (AP) — Sixty people allege in new lawsuits filed in Missouri that they were abused as children by...