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Barragán-Scott named permanent revenue director 

A woman who spent 15 years in the state attorney general’s office has been named permanent head of the Department of Revenue. Alana Barragán-Scott has been acting director of the agency since Gov. Jay Nixon made the previous director, Karen King Mitchell, an appellate judge in July. Mitchell also had worked for Nixon in the attorney [...]

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Judge says fee for driver records still too high 

The state’s rate of charging about 4 cents per record for those seeking driver’s license data violates the state Sunshine Law, a Cole County judge has ruled. Circuit Judge Richard Callahan last summer ruled that a $7 fee established along with a contract between the Department of Revenue and a private technology company went against the [...]

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