Credit Life Insurance Bill Cleared by Missouri Legislature
Missouri lawmakers sent the credit life insurance bill to Gov. Teasdale after House and Senate conferees reconciled their versions. The measure would empower the state insurance director to regulate commissions and premiums, potentially cutting rates by about two percent and lowering agent commissions from current highs.
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Credit Life
Teasdale
Jefferson City
State Regulation of Credit Life Insurance
Missouri General Assembly
Joseph Teasdale
Missouri
Credit Life and Disability
Senate confirms Teasdale appointees to public bodies
Missouri Senate confirmed Leah Brock McCartney first black woman named to the Public Service Commission and Theresa Forte to the Board of Cosmetology as part of 13 Teasdale appointees. Chairman Mulvaney’s confirmation was held to appear before the appointments committee. Fortes past dismissal as an inspector raised questions but she was approved.
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Jefferson City
Joseph Teasdale
Leah Brock McCartney
Public Service Commission
Theresa Forte
State Board of Cosmetology
Missouri Senate
James Mulvaney
PSC
Mulvaney
McCartney
Ms. Forte
Teasdale
Senate
University City
Kinloch
Norman Merrell
Delays In Aid Criticized By Federal Reserve Bank
Kansas City AP report notes that farmers across Kansas Nebraska Oklahoma Colorado Wyoming New Mexico and Missouri face hardship if drought lasts another year due to long delays in federal drought disaster aid. Authors urge funding and streamlining of existing programs to speed assistance.
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Kansas City
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
C. Edward Harshbarger
Marvin Duncan
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
Missouri
Gardening Near Roads Risks Danger
COLUMBIA Mo Urban gardeners can cut lead in produce by growing at least 75 to 100 feet from major traffic routes. MIT researcher James Preer now at the University of the District of Columbia says leafy urban vegetables near busy streets show up to six times more lead than those farther away with cadmium levels even higher. Studies done in Boston underpin the findings.
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Columbia, Mo
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
James Preer
MIT
University of the District of Columbia
University of Missouri
Preer
Boston
No Sting In Debate On Beekeepers Bill
Missouri lawmakers debated a bill regulating beekeepers as a state senator warned of sick bees and state costs. A. Clifford Jones compared diseased bees to a public duty, while others pressed on the core issue of be or not to be as the measure advanced in the Senate.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Ladue
A. Clifford Jones
Jones
Veteran Senator Webster Announces Retirement From Senate
Missouri veteran Richard M. Webster says he will not seek re election when his current term ends next year. The Carthage Republican made the announcement on the Senate floor after a lengthy debate over a beekeeping regulation bill. He called the session the lowest point he has seen in the General Assembly. Webster, 55, first served in the Missouri House starting in 1947 and was the last Republican speaker in 1954 before moving to the Senate in 1962, now in his fourth term.
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Jefferson City
Richard M. Webster
Missouri
Capitol
Carthage
State Senate
General Assembly
Webster
Senate
Missouri House
Government Trims Mo Medicaid Aid to Nursing Homes
Missouri faces a 1.5 million dollar cut in its next Medicaid reimbursement for nursing homes after failing to meet federal review requirements. State officials, including Social Services Director James Walsh, seek clarification on retroactive enforcement and delays. The move affects about a third of July payments, with 18 states similarly penalized.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Social Services
James Walsh
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Missouri
U.S
Robert Young
D-Mo
Young
Walsh
HEW
Joseph A. Califano
David Mathews
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