All the headlines from our Minnesota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 31 2016 // A federal judge has awarded damages to three Minnesota women who sued after they were dismissed from their chauffeur jobs because a Saudi prince wanted only male drivers.U.S. District Judge Joan Ericksen awarded $130,000...
Jan 26 2016 // Deluxe Financial Services Corp. (Deluxe), a Shoreview, Minn.-based check-printing and financial services corporation, has agreed to pay $115,000 as part of the settlement of a sex discrimination and harassment lawsuit...
Jan 25 2016 // In mid-January, the Missouri Department of Insurance issued a bulletin to insurers reminding them that the rating practice generally known as “price optimization” is prohibited in the state.“Price...
Jan 21 2016 // Minnesota’s bike lobby is hoping to get state legislators to lower speed limits on city streets around the state, arguing it would make cyclists and pedestrians safer.A speed limit of 25 mph is being sought by the...
Jan 12 2016 // President Barack Obama has nominated four individuals to sit on the 13-member governing board of a new national insurance producer licensing system. They are state insurance regulators from South Carolina and Minnesota and...
Jan 11 2016 // The number of pedestrians struck and killed rose in Minnesota a year after it had dropped, and officials say distracted walking appears to be a big factor.As of mid-December, the number of pedestrian deaths in 2015 had...
Jan 7 2016 // Minnesota closed out 2015 with its highest level of boating fatalities in a decade.Minnesota had 18 boating-related deaths last year, preliminary figures from the Department of Natural Resources show. That’s the most...
Dec 28 2015 // The Minnesota Vikings say Wells Fargo is using illuminated rooftop signs on two buildings near the team’s new stadium in an effort to “photo bomb” the facility, which is named for a Wells Fargo...
Dec 23 2015 // The number of pedestrians struck and killed is on the rise in Minnesota a year after it had dropped, and officials say distracted walking appears to be a big factor.As of mid-December, the number of pedestrian deaths this...
Dec 21 2015 // Minnesota health officials say they will allow residents with chronic pain to buy medical marijuana starting in August.Minnesota will be the 19th state where medical marijuana is legal to extend the drug to people with...
Dec 10 2015 // Seventy percent of private insurance buyers this fall on Minnesota’s health insurance exchange have qualified for premium-based tax credits, a figure officials released on Dec. 9 as they brace for a rush of...
Dec 7 2015 // Risk Strategies Co., a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Re-Solutions Intermediaries LLC, a reinsurance specialist focused on assisting healthcare organizations around the...
Dec 7 2015 // Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman has ordered insurers doing business in Minnesota to stop the practice of price optimization in setting rates for auto and homeowners insurance.Rothman said the anti-consumer...
Dec 4 2015 // Traffic deaths in Minnesota in 2015 have surpassed last year’s totals.With a month left to go in the year, preliminary numbers from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s Office of Traffic Safety show 365...
Dec 3 2015 // Minnesota health officials will allow residents with chronic pain to buy medical marijuana starting in August, they announced on Dec. 2 in a long-awaited decision that could expand enrollment in the state’s...
Nov 30 2015 // For the fourth time in three years, a Bloomer, Wis., roofing contractor was found ignoring workplace safety laws, federal and state safety officials say.The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration said...
Nov 24 2015 // Minnesota officials are targeting tractor rollovers as a way to improve safety on the farm.Key legislators and representatives of three state agencies met for the first time last week to gather information on how other...
Nov 20 2015 // MNsure has tapped its interim leader to run the health insurance exchange permanently even though she didn’t apply for the job.The health insurance exchange’s board selected Allison O’Toole to remain at...
Nov 19 2015 // Des Moines, Iowa-based hospital and medical clinic company UnityPoint Health is getting into the health insurance business.The company said it has partnered with Bloomington, Minn., health care provider and insurer...
Nov 17 2015 // Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman has ordered insurers doing business in Minnesota to stop the practice of price optimization in setting rates for auto and homeowners insurance.Rothman said the anti-consumer...