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Companies warn Illinois will be 'toxic tort' capital if bill is signed, but lawyers call it 'fundamental fairness'
Daily Herald - Illinois
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July 19, 2025
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association President Timothy Cavanagh, from top left, Senate Republican Leader John Curran, Illinois Manufacturers’ Association CEO Mark Denzler, and, bottom from left, Democratic state Rep. Jay Hoffman and Gov. JB...
2024 H-1B petitions: Approvals for employers classified under Finance and Insurance industry across Columbia News publication area
Columbia News - Missouri
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July 7, 2025
Ur Mendoza Jaddou, Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (left) and Jennifer B. Higgins, Deputy Director. | https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/organization/leadershipUr Mendoza Jaddou, Director of the U.S. Citizenship and...
Texas County couple named ‘Missouri Tree Farmers of the Year’
Houston Herald - Missouri
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July 7, 2025
You can’t make a silk purse from a sow’s ear. That is what University of Missouri Extension state specialist in forestry Hank Stelzer often hears when talking with landowners, and even some professional foresters, about an Ozark woodland. “But the...
Missouri senators attempt to broker deal between disgruntled insurance and hospital system
KCTV 5 - Missouri
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June 30, 2025
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Tens of thousands of Missourians lost insurance coverage to their preferred doctor because of a disagreement between a hospital system and insurance provider. State lawmakers are now taking matters into their own hands...
Missouri state senators attempt to broker deal between the disgruntled insurance and hospital system
KY3 - Missouri
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June 30, 2025
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Tens of thousands of Missourians lost insurance coverage for their preferred doctor due to a disagreement between a hospital system and an insurance provider. State lawmakers are now taking matters into their own hands to...
Missouri S&T professor takes helm as ASEE president
Missouri S&T News
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June 30, 2025
Dr. Christi Luks, a chemical engineering faculty member at Missouri University of Science and Technology, is now president of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). Luks’s term as president of the society began in June after its...
Missouri farmers explain factors behind increasing beef prices
KOMU 8 - Missouri
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Beef prices around the country have reached record highs in 2025. The average price of beef nationwide was $5.98 a pound in May, a jump from the $5.15 average in May 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. As the demand for beef...
Missouri Residents Warned of Utility Bill Shocker
97.9 KICK FM - Illinois
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June 30, 2025
Don't say that I didn't try to warn you. If you haven't already received or checked your online progress, you need to brace yourself now for a utility bill shock for the energy you used in June. First, here's some backstory to give context to my...
Rolling for Initiative -- Diamond's Bankruptcy, Roll for Combat and the Games Industry
ICv2
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Rolling for Initiative is a weekly column by Scott Thorne, PhD, owner of Castle Perilous Games & Books in Carbondale, Illinois and instructor in marketing at Southeast Missouri State University. This week, Thorne looks at the effect of Diamond...
Missouri State football joins CUSA this week. What to expect from Bears.
Springfield News Leader - Missouri
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Missouri State football will no longer be considered a future FBS program this week, as it's set to officially join Conference USA on Tuesday, July 1. Bears coach Ryan Beard has spent a considerable amount of time this offseason tinkering with the...
Missouri Legislature passes bill repealing paid sick leave mandate and amending minimum wage law
Missouri Lawyers Media
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June 30, 2025
By Julianne Story, Courtney Steelman, and Christina Sbrocchi, Husch Blackwell In the evening hours of May 14, 2025, the Missouri Senate passed House Bill 567 (the Bill) which effectively repeals the mandatory paid sick leave requirements of...
Extreme Heat Warning issued July 20 at 12:29AM CDT until July 24 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS St Louis MO
KMIZ ABC 17 - Missouri
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July 20, 2025
* WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 110. * WHERE…Portions of southwest Illinois and central, east central, and southeast Missouri. * WHEN…Until 7 PM CDT Thursday. * IMPACTS…Heat related illnesses increase significantly...
Missouri National Guard Shares Logistics Expertise in Panama Through State Partnership Exchange
DVIDS - Georgia
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June 30, 2025
Four members of the Missouri National Guard traveled to Panama City, Panama, to participate in a three-day subject matter expert exchange (SMEE) in logistics as part of the State Partnership Program from June 23–27, 2025. The team shared best...
Missouri cereal plant worker dies after getting trapped inside oven
CBS News
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A worker at a Missouri cereal plant died Thursday after getting trapped in an industrial oven that was shut off, police said. Police in Perryville, Missouri, about80 miles southeast of St. Louis, were called to a Gilster-Mary Lee cereal plant...
Missouri factory worker found dead inside industrial oven, police say
Fox News
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Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Guatemalan national working under an alias was found dead inside an industrial oven at a cereal plant in Missouri last...
Missouri factory worker, 38, dead after becoming trapped inside industrial oven
New York Post
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June 30, 2025
A Missouri factory worker tragically died after becoming trapped in an industrial oven, according to officials. Nicolas Lopez Gomez, 38, was found stuck in an oven at the Gilster Marylee Cereal Plant in Perryville on Thursday afternoon, according...
Community rallies around mid-Missouri diner after traumatic incident
Missourinet
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July 6, 2025
by Mathew Pilger | Jul 6, 2025 Photo of vehicle that crashed into Stacey's Place. Photo use granted by Stacey Conklin, owner of Stacey's Place. A central Missouri restaurant is back open just days after an SUV drove through the front of the...
MoDOT planned road work in North Missouri for the week of July 7, 2025
KTTN - Missouri
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July 6, 2025
The Missouri Department of Transportation has released its weekly schedule for maintenance and construction operations in North Missouri for the week of July 7 through July 13, 2025. In addition to the listed projects, motorists may encounter...
Plenty of production returning on Buffs' defensive line | CU Buffs position breakdown:
The Denver Gazette - Colorado
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In year two under Deion Sanders, Colorado established a clear defensive identity: getting after the quarterback. While there are plenty of starters for Robert Livingston to replace heading into his second year as the Buffaloes’ defensive...
Missouri AG investigates Google and Meta over alleged firearm content censorship
Show-Me State Times - Missouri
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June 27, 2025
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has issued a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) to Google and Meta Platforms, Inc., including YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram. The investigation seeks to determine if these companies have engaged in unlawful...