All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 9 2020 // Missouri lawmakers are considering new guidelines to regulate delivery robots that may soon be roaming St. Louis and other communities in the state.The proposed law is aimed at allowing the small, cooler-sized delivery...
Mar 5 2020 // Faith Insurance Agency, in Eureka, Missouri, has joined Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a network of more than 130 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois. Faith Insurance Agency is owned by Jordan...
Mar 4 2020 // Pie Insurance, an insurtech offering workers’ compensation insurance to small businesses, has expanded its workers’ compensation insurance offering to Missouri. The addition increases Pie’s coverage area...
Mar 3 2020 // More than 800 appeals have been filed by companies that were denied state permits to grow, sell or distribute medical marijuana in Missouri.As part of the process to launch Missouri’s new medical marijuana program,...
Mar 3 2020 // Nebraska lawmakers have sent a nearly unanimous message to federal officials who control the flow of the Missouri River: focus on preventing floods above all else.Lawmakers voted 43-1 on a resolution calling on Congress...
Feb 28 2020 // Missouri’s Republican-led Senate swiftly advanced a bill tightening standards for punitive damages in liability lawsuits after an all-night filibuster by Democrats successfully blocked a separate bill limiting...
Feb 28 2020 // Federal officials have cited a Georgia-based charcoal manufacturer for exposing employees to safety and health hazards at two Missouri plants.The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is recommending fines of...
Feb 25 2020 // St. Louis, Missouri-based POWERS Insurance & Risk Management has opened a new division: POWERS Surety Bonds.The new national division will focus on bond products and services for all surety programs to help safeguard...
Feb 24 2020 // Jurors have awarded $3,500 to a woman who was shocked three times with a stun gun after a St. Louis, Mo., march protesting police misconduct. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that jurors found in favor of University...
Feb 21 2020 // A woman whose daughter was wrongfully arrested at a middle school is suing the Columbia school district and police department.Kandas Holmes-Barnes is seeking a total of $2.4 million from the Columbia Public Schools and the...
Feb 17 2020 // A Missouri jury’s $265 million award to peach grower Bill Bader in his lawsuit against herbicide providers Bayer and BASF has raised the stakes for the two companies as at least 140 similar cases head to U.S. courts...
Feb 14 2020 // A Kirkwood, Mo., man has been sentenced to 48 months in federal prison and ordered to pay approximately $3.8 million in restitution after being convicted of stealing that amount from his former employer, the U.S....
Feb 14 2020 // Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), based in St. Louis, Missouri, has promoted Robert Qaoud to director of PerformanceHis responsibilities include providing resources to member agencies, integrating new members into...
Feb 12 2020 // Missouri’s St. Louis County has agreed to a $10.25 million settlement with a gay police lieutenant who says he was passed over for promotion 23 times and was told to “tone down” his...
Feb 7 2020 // A powerful winter storm raked across the Deep South early Thursday, with high winds and flooding causing damage that killed one person, injured several others and littered at least 10 states. Rescue crews repeatedly pulled...
Feb 7 2020 // Speaking before a Missouri legislative panel, a woman whose father was among the 17 people who died after a tourist duck boat sank in a Missouri lake condemned a bill that would limit when companies can be sued over...
Jan 30 2020 // The family of a 38-year-old man who died after falling into a wood chipper at a St. Joseph sawmill is suing the manufacturer of the machine.The St. Joseph News-Press reports that the minor children of Joshua Hill allege in...
Jan 27 2020 // Bayer AG said on Friday it has reached an agreement with plaintiffs’ lawyers to postpone a Missouri jury trial over allegations its popular weed killer Roundup causes cancer to provide room for negotiations to settle...
Jan 23 2020 // Columbus, Ohio-based Branch has launched statewide in Missouri, offering home and auto insurance.Branch said using technology and automation it has developed a way to bundle home and auto insurance with just two questions,...
Jan 21 2020 // The owner of a tourist duck boat that sank in a Missouri lake, killing 17 people, has settled its final pending lawsuit for an undisclosed amount.Thirty-one lawsuits have been filed against Ripley Entertainment since the...