by Mike Lear | May 17, 2013 | Business, News
The state legislature has passed a bill meant to cover two issues regarding workers hurt in the workplace. The bill seeks to right the state’s Second Injury Fund, from which settlements are paid out to workers who have a disability and then sustain a...
by Mike Lear | May 3, 2013 | Business, News
The state House has passed its version of workers compensation reform and a Second Injury Fund fix, setting the stage for a conference with the Senate. Both versions of the bill would have claims made by workers who incurred a disease because of their job fall under...
by Mike Lear | Apr 12, 2012 | Business, Legislature, News, Politics / Govt
Governor Jay Nixon has met with leadership in the Missouri House of Representatives to discuss legislative priorities. Several Republicans have said it is the first time they can remember a Governor coming to a meeting of House leadership, and he says it was a...