All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 19 2014 // Anheuser-Busch did not discriminate against a former executive by paying her significantly less than a male predecessor, a jury in St. Louis, Mo. decided Friday.The jury of seven women and five men deliberated for more...
May 19 2014 // Appleton, Wis.-based SECURA Insurance promoted Tim Heyroth to the newly created position of vice president-sales.Heyroth, who has been with SECURA for more than 17 years, will be responsible for developing and implementing...
May 12 2014 // Residents in a small northwest Missouri town that took a direct hit from an EF2 tornado were busy on May 11 assessing damage and rescheduling events, like the coming high school graduation.The tornado Saturday evening in...
May 2 2014 // Missouri lawmakers have given final approval to legislation that supporters say is aimed at protecting commercial property. A 2011 Missouri law bars residential contractors who fix roofs or complete other exterior repairs...
Apr 15 2014 // The Missouri Department of Insurance appointed two veteran regulators to key leadership posts. Carrie Couch has been named the acting director of the Consumer Affairs Division and William Leung has joined the Division of...
Apr 10 2014 // A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction prohibiting a St. Louis County town from ticketing drivers for flashing their headlights to warn other drivers that police are nearby. U.S. District Judge Henry Autrey...
Apr 7 2014 // The Missouri Department of Insurance marked its 145th anniversary on March 4. The state legislature created what was then called the Division of Insurance in 1869. At that time, 171 insurers were authorized to sell...
Apr 3 2014 // The women’s basketball coach at Highland Community College in northeast Kansas, who once coached at Southeast Missouri State University, pleaded guilty to being part of a car theft ring that prosecutors said staged...
Apr 1 2014 // Kansas City, Mo., has settled four discrimination lawsuits filed by former part-time municipal prosecutors at a cost of more than $1 million since last July, and four similar lawsuits are still pending.The...
Apr 1 2014 // A St. Louis jury has awarded $1.14 million to a former employee of the Missouri Department of Public Safety who accused the department of age discrimination.The St. Louis Circuit Court jury awarded $1.14 million to Timothy...
Mar 21 2014 // Missouri cancer patients could soon find it more affordable to take chemotherapy pills under legislation signed by Gov. Jay Nixon.Starting in January, patients could not be charged more than $75 for a 30-day supply of oral...
Mar 6 2014 // The Missouri Department of Insurance announced it returned $16.1 million to consumers in 2013 after they filed a complaint against their insurance company.Record recoveries were recorded in 2011 when several natural...
Feb 28 2014 // Seeking to sidestep a court ruling, the Missouri House endorsed legislation that attempts to reinstate limits on the amount of money people can receive from medical malpractice lawsuits.The bill given initial approval...
Feb 25 2014 // The shutters clicked, the grainy photos were sent to the red-light violators and St. Louis raised $4.1 million last year. Now the vehicular version of “Candid Camera” may be ending, as it has in other U.S towns...
Feb 19 2014 // The Houston Health Department likely won’t have to pay for additional training for most of the “navigators” who are helping city residents enroll in the new federal health insurance marketplace. All it...
Feb 17 2014 // An online database of workers’ compensation claims would be created under legislation passed by the Missouri Senate.Under the measure, businesses could provide a potential employee’s name and Social Security...
Feb 13 2014 // A federal judge on Feb. 12 agreed to temporarily block an Oklahoma pharmacy from providing an execution drug to the Missouri Department of Corrections for use in an upcoming lethal injection.The temporary restraining order...
Feb 13 2014 // A Missouri Senate panel has advanced legislation that could lower costs for some cancer patients.Bills endorsed by the Senate insurance committee would require insurance companies to charge patients the same out-of-pocket...
Feb 13 2014 // Excess workers’ compensation insurance provider, Safety National Casualty Corp., based in St. Louis, Mo., announced the following management appointments to take effect on March 1. Tom Grove, assistant vice president...
Feb 13 2014 // The Missouri Senate has given first-round approval to legislation requiring health insurance navigators to take an exam and undergo a background check.Senators also advanced a measure that would let people collect up to...