Midwest News Most Joplin Public Safe Rooms Nearly Complete Thousands of students and residents in the Joplin area will have shelter during the upcoming severe weather season thanks to... Read More
News People on the Move Assurant Names Mergelmeyer COO As part of its ongoing strategic realignment, Assurant, Inc. announced that Gene Mergelmeyer will be appointed... Read More
West News Washington Ice Caves to Reopen With New Signs After Deaths The trail to the Big Four Ice Caves, closed since a deadly collapse of the caves in July, is likely... Read More
Midwest News Michigan Auto Insurers Inadvertent Tax Break Targeted for Repeal Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and lawmakers inadvertently gave auto insurers a tax break worth $80 million a year. Now, they... Read More
West News New Mexico High Court to Consider Farm Laborer Workers’ Comp Question The New Mexico Supreme Court plans to review a lower court ruling that cleared the way for farm and ranch... Read More
News Signs El Nino is Weakening, Though Effect Won’t be Felt for Months Meteorologists see signs that the super El Nino is weakening ever so slightly, but they caution months will pass before... Read More
News Slow Pace to Automatic Braking System on All Cars Worries Safety Advocates Federal regulators and the auto industry are taking a more lenient approach than safety advocates like when it comes to... Read More
Texas / South Central News Texas ‘Affluenza’ Teen’s Case Moved to Adult Court A judge on Friday sent the Texas teenager who used an “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunken-driving wreck to adult... Read More
News Safety Advocate Wants Government to Reopen Jeep Fire Investigation An auto safety advocate is calling on the government to reopen an investigation of rear-crash fires in older Jeep SUVs... Read More
News Ethical Bosses May Burnout, Lash Out at Employees Is your boss ethical? Does he or she do what’s right, as opposed to what’s profitable? If so, they may... Read More