LEBANON, Mo. (AP) — A company that declined to offer workers' compensation benefits to the family of a Lebanon police officer who died of COVID-19 has changed its decision, city officials...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who was prescribed medical marijuana to help with back pain has won a second victory in his legal battle over whether workers' compensation insurance can reimburse him...

BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday upheld a state law which governs how much money workers who are injured on the job can collect.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An aquaculture worker who got hurt tending to salmon raised in offshore pens is covered under state law, but not under the federal law that defines some of the rights for...

SEATTLE (AP) — A labor agency in Washington state has announced that it will increase workers' compensation rates for Amazon fulfillment centers, deeming them more hazardous than other types of...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio employers will receive a record $5 billion in repayments from the state insurance fund for injured workers to help with the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic,...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A former small town police chief has been charged with fraud for collecting workers' compensation benefits while working in the world of pinup models.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennesseans have a new tool to help them file workers' compensation claims — an app that lets them fill out key forms by speaking into a smartphone.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Attorneys for the family of a Missouri nurse who died from COVID-19 filed a claim for death benefits Monday under the state's workers' compensation laws.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Even though many workplaces are empty in Maine, the state workers' compensation system expects an increase in claims related to the coronavirus.

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona court ruling stemming from a sheriff's deputy's encounter with a shotgun-wielding man says law enforcement officers can claim workers' compensation benefits if diagnosed...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio House on Wednesday once again approved a measure covering post-traumatic stress disorder for emergency responders who haven't suffered a physical...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont Gov. Phil Scott announced that rates for workers' compensation premiums will drop by about 11% when new rates take effect in April.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota could see a rise in workers' compensation claims if marijuana is legalized, the state's workplace safety agency told lawmakers Tuesday.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico Supreme Court decision says at least some tribal casino workers injured on the job can't receive benefits through the state's workers' compensation program....

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Two major hospital systems in Virginia say they'll raise the wages of their lowest-paid workers to $15 an hour. That amounts to about $31,000 a year.

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court has ruled that workers' compensation rates for injured inmates are set at inmate pay rates instead of the state's minimum wage.

CALDWELL, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Supreme Court on Friday issued a ruling allowing the family of a Caldwell worker who died on the job to sue the employer for wrongful death.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia is the only state in the country whose workers' compensation system doesn't cover injuries sustained through repetitive work activities, like repeatedly lifting boxes...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Workers' compensation claims have emerged as another yardstick for measuring the devastation of the mass shooting in Virginia Beach.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Three Forks man has paid just over $12,000 in restitution in a workers' compensation fraud case after investigators found he was competing in motocross races while saying he...

SALINAS, Calif. (AP) — The owner of a bulldozer that overturned and killed the operator while battling a huge California wildfire has been found guilty of violating labor laws.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett's company has completed the sale of one of its smaller insurance companies.

Berkshire Hathaway said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A former workers' compensation attorney for a Tyson Foods meatpacking division sued the company for wrongful termination, accusing company officials of making anti-gay...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Injured Iowa workers seeking benefits from their employers are waiting longer to get their hearing dates as a state agency transitions to a new filing system.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's insurance fund for injured workers tells employers to watch their mailboxes as it prepares to send out dividend checks totaling around $1.5 billion.

Summary of recent Kentucky newspaper editorials:

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The Daily Independent on lowering Kentucky worker compensation costs:

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The cost of workers' compensation in the state of Rhode Island has increased 54% in the last decade, alarming state leaders.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Montana State Fund board of directors has declared a $30 million dividend to be paid to its safest policyholders.

The Great Falls Tribune reports that the Montana...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is clarifying a policy change that will limit the prescribing of opioid painkillers to federal workers.

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio construction company owner has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter after a worker lacking safety equipment fell to his death from the roof of a three-story...

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed legislation aimed at helping first responders to the Sept. 11 attacks.

The Democrat signed the bills Monday at Liberty State...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin insurance officials will soon consider a proposal to lower insurance rates for workers' compensation in the state.

CHICAGO (AP) — In another move to reform how the city conducts its business, Mayor Lori Lightfoot says Chicago will transfer day-to-day control of its $100 million-per-year workers' compensation...

GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut town has barred municipal employees from wearing slide sandals or flip-flops to work.

Mary Pepe, director of human resources in Greenwich, tells the...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation says it will no longer pay for a time-release painkiller for newly injured workers and won't cover the drug's cost for those...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The state Senate has given final legislative approval to a bill that overhauls Oklahoma's workers' compensation system, including increasing the benefits paid to injured...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has been dropped from a lawsuit alleging that her predecessor and others in his administration singled out a former state official for a pay cut...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The governing board of Kentucky Employers' Mutual Insurance has recommended that its chief executive take a pay cut and lose his long-term job contract in favor of...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Gov. Steve Bullock has signed a bill to make it easier for firefighters to receive workers' compensation for cancer and other occupational diseases.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island has spent more than $50,000 in recent years to scrutinize injury claims by Rhode Island sheriffs.

The spending was a portion of the $220,000 total paid...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A company with a long-running contract to manage Kentucky's workers' compensation claims has been assessed a $50,000 penalty by the state's Executive Branch Ethics...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio is suing a company that managed prescription benefits for the state Bureau of Workers' Compensation, seeking to recover nearly $16 million in alleged overcharges for the...