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1997 Business Stories

• 12/ 9/1997: Radio Story - The average Jefferson and St. Louis County resident will see a $9 increase in their water bills next year.
• 12/ 4/1997: Radio Story - Bussinesses will receive written notice of bad beer.
• 11/20/1997: Radio Story - If the state Senate Republican leader gets his way, businesses would have a harder time meeting requirements for tax subsidies.
• 11/18/1997: Newspaper Story - Missouri and 37 other states want something from Toys 'R' Us this holiday season -- it ain't Tickle Me Elmo.
• 11/14/1997: Newspaper Story - Gambling companies split over whether to ask lawmakers to allow Missourians to lose more money.
• 11/13/1997: Radio Story - The gambling industry splits over seeking repeal of a legal limit on how much can be lost per day by a Missouri gambler.
• 11/13/1997: Radio Story - Missouri's state energy committee proposed a tax up to 75 cents per month for cell phone users.
• 11/ 4/1997: Radio Story - Border states are passing laws allowing electric competition and some people are fearful Missouri will be left behind.
• 11/ 4/1997: Radio Story - In a competitive market, some fear utility companies will not want to serve the low income customer.
• 11/ 4/1997: Radio Story - An in-depth look on what utility deregulation will mean for the average customer.
• 10/ 2/1997: Radio Story - When the Missouri food tax law went into effect only items covered by food stamps received the cut, but restrictions on where you can get the tax-break also apply.
• 10/ 2/1997: Radio Story - Maximum travel distances for medical care are proposed in order to implement the Managed Care Law.
• 10/ 2/1997: Radio Story - In the proposal designed to implement the Managed Care Law, advanced nurse practitioners will play an important part.
• 9/19/1997: Newspaper Story - Missouri's Insurance Department offers help to Holocaust survivors.
• 9/19/1997: Newspaper Story - House leaders to try again Friday to get House approval of the package of tax breaks for developers.
• 9/18/1997: Radio Story - A debate concerning the legislature's power over administrative rules slowed down progress of the economic development bill.
• 9/18/1997: Radio Story - Holocaust survivors, their families, and heirs may now be able to collect billions of dollars in old insurance claims.
• 9/18/1997: Radio Story - Black Caucus members get promises in return for support for the economic-development, business tax-break bill.
• 9/18/1997: Radio Story - The House voted down, at least initially, the economic development package of tax cuts for developers.
• 9/17/1997: Newspaper Story - Health coverage requirement stripped from the legislature's tax-break, economic development bill.
• 9/16/1997: Radio Story - St. Louis has highest rate of uninsured in Missouri. A quarter of a million state-wide do not have car insurance.
• 9/16/1997: Newspaper Story - Missouri's Insurance Department reports there are more than 250,000 uninsured vehicles in the state.
• 9/16/1997: Radio Story - A top Missouri business organization is opposing a health insurance requirement the House stuck onto an economic development bill.
• 9/ 9/1997: Radio Story - The economic bill before Missouri's Senate includes tax credits to help fix historic structures.
• 9/ 9/1997: Radio Story - A Texas company told a governmental advisory group it wants to compete with Missouri's electricity providers.
• 9/ 4/1997: Radio Story - Customizing your telephone number with catchy endings could become possible, but at a cost in Jefferson City.
• 9/ 4/1997: Radio Story - The special legislative session called by Governor Carnahan will focus on two primary issues
• 9/ 2/1997: Radio Story - The recent suicides of two Saint Louis men have prompted the chairman of the House Critical Issues Committee to launch an investigation.
• 8/28/1997: Radio Story - Missouri's Health Department says it has not received any reports of e-coli contamination involving infected Hudson meat.
• 5/14/1997: Newspaper Story - Managed care regulation sent to the governor.
• 5/13/1997: Newspaper Story - The managed care regulation bill has reached a stalemate over the inclusion of administrative rulemaking language, which the Senate Judiciary Chairman wants.
• 5/ 9/1997: Newspaper Story - The sponsor of the House managed care reform bill said he will accept a Senate amendment added to please business.
• 5/ 6/1997: Newspaper Story - The managed care was welcomed to its first day of debate in the Senate by several amendments from opponents.
• 4/24/1997: Radio Story - Senator Marvin Singleton, a physician, wondered why it took so long for Attorney General Jay Nixon to file suit against several tobacco companies.
• 4/23/1997: Newspaper Story - After refusing to discuss the issue last week, Attorney General Jay Nixon announced Tuesday he is joining the tobacco lawsuits.
• 4/21/1997: Radio Story - Prompted by the pending sale of St. Louis' Deaconess Hospital, Missouri legislators move another step closer to new guidelines for selling a not-for-profit hospital.
• 4/17/1997: Newspaper Story - The state attorney general refuses to discuss what position he will take on the tobacco industry negotiations.
• 4/17/1997: Radio Story - Missouri's attorney general refuses to discuss the state position on a settlement that will strip smokers of right to sue cigarette companies.
• 4/17/1997: Newspaper Story - The Senate Aging committee passee the HMO regulation bill and added a "community rating" provision.
• 4/17/1997: Radio Story - The House rejects legislation to restrict fees at ATMs
• 4/10/1997: Radio Story - Feature on lawmakers who have a personal stake in the managed health care issue before the state legislature.
• 4/ 9/1997: Newspaper Story - Local companies may be required to provide callers with live operators
• 4/ 8/1997: Radio Story - In a move that would impact a pending St. Louis deal, the Senate approved a bill that would give the Attorney General and Department of Health review of who purchases a not-for-profit hospital.
• 4/ 8/1997: Newspaper Story - House clears the HMO regulation bill, after staff estimate the measure will cost the state $37 million.
• 4/ 7/1997: Radio Story - A bill cracking down on credit card fraud met defeat for a second time in the House.
• 4/ 3/1997: Newspaper Story - Lobbyists opposing HMO regulation have intensified their efforts while they focus on the Senate.
• 4/ 3/1997: Newspaper Story - Three General Assembly members have professions that directly link them to the manged care debate.
• 4/ 3/1997: Radio Story - Should legislators vote on an issue if they have a conflicting interest?
• 4/ 1/1997: Radio Story - Missouri's major business organization renews its opposition to managed are regulation.
• 3/27/1997: Radio Story - The House passed the managed care bill after 9 days of debate.
• 3/27/1997: Newspaper Story - The House (135-19) passed the HMO regulation bill, which will now move on to the Senate.
• 3/26/1997: Newspaper Story - Missouri's only MD legislator attacks the attorney general for suing the tobacco industry.
• 3/24/1997: Radio Story - Missouri representatives voted to make HMO's liable to medical malpractice lawsuits.
• 3/24/1997: Newspaper Story - The House votes to let consumers sue HMOs for medical malpractice.
• 3/24/1997: Radio Story - Construction unions oppose a bill to eliminate some asbestos removal safety regulations.
• 3/20/1997: Radio Story - State lawmakers must decide whether or not the federal health insurance mandate will have a significan impact on the citizens of Missouri.
• 3/20/1997: Newspaper Story - The House voted by a 2-1 margin against an amendment to the HMO bill that would have required insurance companies to cover non-elective cosmetic surgery.
• 3/19/1997: Radio Story - A proposed bill may increase the time limit to receive welfare benefits.
• 3/19/1997: Newspaper Story - The American Association of Retired People meet at the Capitol to support health care bills.
• 3/19/1997: Newspaper Story - The House took up the HMO regulation bill and added a direct access requirement to it.
• 3/18/1997: Newspaper Story - A House committee heard several similar bills that would implement the federal Kennedy-Kassebaum Act on health care insurance.
• 3/18/1997: Radio Story - You'll have another ticket to talk your way out of if your pulled over and can't show an insurance card under a bill passed by Missouri Senate.
• 3/18/1997: Radio Story - Missouri legislators heard several house bills on how to enforce the Federal Kassebaum-Kennedy Act
• 3/ 3/1997: Radio Story - The House gave first round approval to a measure that prevents cities from providing its citizens with telephone services.
• 3/ 3/1997: Radio Story - The Senate approves a measure would require phone companies to provide live operator access.
• 3/ 3/1997: Radio Story - Legalization of industrial hemp production clears a House Committee.
• 2/27/1997: Radio Story - HMO reform bills were sent to both the senate and house floors. If passed into law the bill will implement drastic changes in managed care.
• 2/27/1997: Newspaper Story - The Senate Committee on Aging, Families and Mental Health heard testimony on the managed care regulation package.
• 2/27/1997: Newspaper Story - House and Senate committees overwhelmingly voted for the HMO regulation bills drafted by the joint interim committee on managed care.
• 2/27/1997: Radio Story - HMO house and senate bills were sent to house and senate floors on the same day. If passed into law, drastic changes can be expected in Managed care.
• 2/27/1997: Radio Story - Missouri legislative comittees have sent HMO reform bills to the floor.
• 2/25/1997: Radio Story - GTE and AT&T have been given the green light to begin offering phone service in Columbia
• 2/25/1997: Newspaper Story - The state gives AT&T and MCI to compete with GTE in providing local phone service.
• 2/18/1997: Newspaper Story - Salvage yard owner protests condemnation powers being used for a riverboat gambling project.
• 2/17/1997: Radio Story - Lawmakers urged to legalize and promote industrial hemp production.
• 2/14/1997: Radio Story - Several St. Louis city legislatures want to find out the reason behind the possible departure.
• 2/13/1997: Radio Story - Several St. Louis representatives say St. Louis can't afford to lose another company as large as Ralston Purina.
• 2/13/1997: Radio Story - Indepth feature on the emergency-care with HMO regulation before the House Critical Issues Committee.
• 2/13/1997: Radio Story - House passes the governor's proposed sales tax cut on groceries.
• 2/13/1997: Radio Story - St. Louis lawmaker proposes tax break to keep Ralston Purina in St. Louis.
• 2/12/1997: Legislators proposes legalizing production of hemp in Missouri.
• 2/11/1997: Radio Story - Witnesses urge committee to pass HMO regulation.
• 2/11/1997: Radio Story - Governor's office voices support for managed care regulation.
• 2/11/1997: Radio Story - Business organizations testify against the HMO regulation bill.
• 2/10/1997: Newspaper Story - Lawmakers propose regulating bounty hunters.
• 2/10/1997: Newspaper Story - The House Critical Issues Committee listened to eight hours of testimony on the managed care regulation package.
• 2/ 5/1997: Newspaper Story - Universal health care bill presented to lawmakers with large tax hikes included.
• 2/ 4/1997: Radio Story - Opposition emerges to the governor's plan to cut taxes on groceries.
• 2/ 4/1997: Radio Story - Background on legislation to regulate billboards in Missouri.
• 2/ 4/1997: Radio Story - Lawmakers hear proposal to allow more billboards along the highways.
• 2/ 3/1997: Radio Story - Bill would ban credit card machines on gambling boats.
• 2/ 3/1997: Newspaper Story - Lawmaker urges ban on credit-card loans on gambling boats.
• 1/30/1997: Newspaper Story - GOP senators protest EPA air quality rules.
• 1/30/1997: Radio Story - Legislative committee hears bill to give business tax breaks for day care services.
• 1/28/1997: Newspaper Story - Ban on lobbyist gifts to legislators proposed to a Senate Committee.
• 1/27/1997: Newspaper Story - Catholic Church argues it should be exempt from lawsuits involving sexual abuse by priests.
• 1/21/1997: Radio Story - For the fourth year, Missouri's legislature considers toughening enforcement of the requirement to have auto insurance.
• 1/15/1997: Newspaper Story - The legislature's managed care commitee files its legislation with one member warning the HMO party is over.
• 1/15/1997: Radio Story - Lawmaker tells HMOs their party in Missouri is over.