Iowa Town Chosen for Railroad Crossing Safety Campaign June 17, 2016 By DEREK SULLIVAN, Daily Nonpareil Traffic officers with the Council Bluffs Police Department saw a surprising number of drivers try to beat moving trains through... Read More
North Dakota Insurance Fund Continues to Pay Despite Rising Claim Costs June 17, 2016 By JILL SCHRAMM, Minot Daily News A 30-year-old self-insurance pool has been paying off well for North Dakota political subdivisions, despite large claim losses in 2015.... Read More
Indiana Mom Wants Mandatory Helmet Law After Daughter’s ATV Death June 15, 2016 The mother of an Indiana girl who died in an all-terrain vehicle crash has started a nonprofit foundation in partnership... Read More
University of Wisconsin Crash Study Aims to Make Roads Safer June 14, 2016 It was an early-August evening in rural Wisconsin. An SUV traveling north along a two-lane road veered over the center... Read More
Iowa State Police Supervisor Wasn’t Initially Cited in Rear-end Crash June 9, 2016 By RYAN J. FOLEY A now-fired Iowa State Patrol supervisor rear-ended another car in March but his agency didn’t give him a ticket and... Read More
Missouri River Dams Credited With Mitigating 2011 Floods June 7, 2016 By LAUREN DONOVAN, The Bismarck Tribune In 2011, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was hanging on to the Missouri River like an experienced horseman reining... Read More
Illinois Task Force Rattled by Spike in Metal Thefts June 7, 2016 Illinois lawmakers have convened a task force to investigate a spike in the theft of recyclable metals. There was a... Read More
Michigan House OKs Repeal of Inadvertent Auto Insurance Tax Credit June 7, 2016 By DAVID EGGERT The Legislature is close to repealing an annual tax break worth tens of millions of dollars that was inadvertently given... Read More
Plaintiff’s Prayer for Coverage is Answered in Illinois June 1, 2016 By Steven Plitt Generally, the duty to defend extends to cases in which the complaint contains several theories or causes of action against... Read More
Michigan Bills Allows for Sales, Use of Driverless Cars Beyond Testing June 1, 2016 The U.S. auto industry’s home state of Michigan is preparing for the advent of self-driving cars by pushing legislation to... Read More