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State officials announce $303,000 settlement with Sprint 
State Treasurer Clint Zweifel and Attorney General Chris Koster announced today they had reached a $303,000 settlement in a lawsuit against Sprint over uncashed and unclaimed rebate checks. Zweifel said his office had already added more than 3,600 Missourians affected by the lawsuit to ShowMeMoney.com. Thirty-six states signed on to the $22 million settlement The suit [...]
Continue reading...Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion
2. March 2010
State candidate filings for this year’s election slowed to a trickle over the past few days. But at least one straggler from western Missouri possessed an attention-grabbing name. Holmes Osborne filed yesterday to run as a Democrat in the 122nd state House District. He’s one of two candidates seeking to oust Rep. Mike McGhee, a Republican [...]
Continue reading...Lawmaker proposes “Governor Nixon’s Scratch-off, Match-off Fund”
23. February 2010
A St. Charles County state lawmaker wants to create a fund where a tiny fraction of Gov. Jay Nixon’s paycheck would be used to purchase lottery tickets. Yes, this is a real bill. The Columbia Missourian reported today that the legislation proposes taking $2 of Nixon’s paycheck every two weeks to buy Powerball lottery tickets. All hypothetical [...]
Continue reading...Nixon accepts Bommarito’s resignation from police board
22. February 2010
Gov. Jay Nixon accepted the resignation of a member of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Board who’s been under fire for getting his nephew released from jail after an arrest. Rep. Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis City, called on Nixon to remove Vincent Bommarito from the commission after the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the restaurateur got [...]
Continue reading...Injury Fund bill gets committee nod
22. February 2010
A Missouri House committee approved a bill today that makes changes to the state’s Second Injury Fund. Although the bill passed on a 6-4 vote, the committee’s chairman, Rep. Barney Fisher, said the committee would reconvene on Wednesday to amend the bill before turning it over to the full House for consideration. The bill would, among other [...]
Continue reading...Nixon declines to throw down ‘gauntlet’ over campaign finance limits
19. February 2010
Gov. Jay Nixon isn’t shy about mentioning his preference for campaign finance limits. The first-term governor, for example, expressed opposition to a limitless donation system during the 2008 gubernatorial campaign. And he said that implementing curbs on donations were a top priority in an effort to overhaul the state’s ethics regulations. But one thing Nixon won’t do [...]
Continue reading...State looks into Bommarito flap
19. February 2010
Missouri Department of Public Safety Director John Britt is looking into a controversy involving a member of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Board of Commissioners. At a question and answer session at the Governor’s Mansion yesterday, Gov. Jay Nixon said Britt is gathering facts about the situation. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported earlier this week that Vincent [...]
Continue reading...Nixon declines to take position on STL police control bills
17. February 2010
Gov. Jay Nixon said this afternoon he doesn’t have a position on bills that would establish local control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. Earlier this week, a Missouri House committee held a hearing on legislation from Rep. Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis, that would allow St. Louis City to establish a municipal police force. Missouri’s [...]
Continue reading...Nixon takes wait-and-see approach on Second Injury Fund changes
17. February 2010
Gov. Jay Nixon said this afternoon he would monitor legislative efforts to alter the Second Injury Fund, although he didn’t express any preference to specific changes. In 2007, state Auditor Susan Montee released an audit in 2007 showing that the fund would become insolvent without changes to how the fund operates. Since then, there’s been a [...]
Continue reading...Nixon appoints St. Louis attorney to sports commission
17. February 2010
Gov. Jay Nixon appointed an attorney to the St. Louis Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority. Nixon’s office announced today that Jerome Wallach has been named to the commission, whose job is to oversee operations of the domed stadium where the St. Louis Rams play and the adjoining convention center. The organization also administers annual preservation [...]
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- Former police officer sentenced for stealing
- 8th District’s chief judge stepping down
- Family sues trainer of dentist
- Federal judiciary seeks 6.8 percent budget increase
- Whelan didn’t provide security at ABB, spokesman confirms
- Judge orders railroad to pay up
- House approves more bankruptcy judges
- St. Louis judge assigned to Jetton assault case
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4. March 2010
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