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2010 Consumer & Business Stories

• 12/ 7/2010: Radio Story - For the second time in as many days, Missouri's governor refused to answer questions after he delayed a trade trip to Asia.
• 12/ 1/2010: Newspaper Story - The Missouri Gaming Commission unanimously selected Cape Girardeau and Isle of Capri to receive the state's sole gaming license.
• 12/ 1/2010: Radio Story - Missouri Gaming Commission unanimously voted to award the final casino bid to Cape Gireadu and Isle of Capri
• 11/30/2010: Radio Story - Casino proposals to be reviewed at Missouri Gaming Commission meeting on December 1st
• 11/17/2010: Newspaper Story - Members of the Tax Credit Review Commission voted to recommend a lower cap on historic preservation tax credits, dropping funds from $140 million to $75 million
• 11/16/2010: Radio Story - Two votes to slash Missouri's historic tax credits failed Tuesday in a subcommitee of the broader Tax Credit Review Commission.
• 11/11/2010: Newspaper Story - Business and labor renew debate over "right to work" efforts for 2011
• 11/ 9/2010: Radio Story - Missouri looks to borrowing money to cover unemployment payment obligations of business.
• 11/ 3/2010: Newspaper Story - The largest House GOP caucus in Missouri history picks its leader.
• 10/20/2010: Radio Story - St. Louis is one of three seeking the final gaming commission bid
• 10/14/2010: Radio Story - Kansas City Public Television hosted the first debate between Missouri U.S. Senate candidates Robin Carnahan and Roy Blunt.
• 10/12/2010: Radio Story - The earnings Tax in St. Louis and Kansas City is part of the budget but how much does it really make up? Jamal Andress has more from the state capitol.
• 10/ 5/2010: Radio Story - On November 2nd, Missourians will get the chance to make a property transfer tax unconstitutional.
• 9/30/2010: Newspaper Story - Three years after the immigration raid that detained about two dozen illegal workers, Sam's Janitorial Services is back to cleaning state government buildings.
• 9/10/2010: Radio Story - Missouri Digital News's Theo Keith interviews Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Robin Carnahan on the economy, trailing in the polls, and those pesky robo-calls.
• 9/ 9/2010: Radio Story - First it was E. coli in Lake of the Ozarks, now it's dead grass at the state Capitol. Theo Keith explains in Jefferson City.
• 9/ 7/2010: Radio Story - The list of contestants for Missouri's final casino license is down to four, and two St. Louis area proposals are still in the running.
• 9/ 2/2010: Radio Story - The Missouri Gaming Commission will choose a priority candidate for the state's up-for-grabs casino license by year's end.
• 8/26/2010: Radio Story - A Missouri judge will decide Friday if a law limiting the state's adult entertainment industry takes effect.
• 5/12/2010: Radio Story - Gov. Jay Nixon spent another day pushing tax credits for businesses.
• 5/ 5/2010: Newspaper Story - Senate passed K-2 ban without the House provision that makes possession of any amount a felony.
• 5/ 5/2010: Radio Story - Missouri Senators voted Wednesday to ban synthetic marijuana
• 5/ 3/2010: Newspaper Story - House committee passed bill that would extend the expiration date of legislation that allows state institutions of higher education to sell land without General Assembly approval.
• 4/28/2010: Newspaper Story - UPDATE: Filing issues led to AT&T's sales tax license being revoked
• 4/26/2010: Radio Story - Just days after the speaker of the House said he would not address tax credits this session, the state auditor said the program is creating major problems for Missouri.
• 4/26/2010: Newspaper Story - AT&T is currently committing a crime by operating in Missouri with a revoked sales tax license
• 4/26/2010: Newspaper Story - The state auditor said Monday that Missouri tax credits will require more government controls and better fiscal projections.
• 4/ 7/2010: Radio Story - Missouri police would be able to get blood samples from DWI suspects under an amendment the House approved Wednesday.
• 3/27/2010: Newspaper Story - Top priorities before Missouri's legislature remain unresolved in the final seven weeks of the session.
• 3/26/2010: Newspaper Story - Missouri lawmakers consider how to control a growing population of wild hogs.
• 3/22/2010: Newspaper Story - Less than 24 hours after healthcare legislation passed the U.S. House of Representatives, a state Senate committee advanced a bill to ban abortion coverage.
• 3/18/2010: Newspaper Story - A bill mandating Medicaid coverage for bleeding disorders received no opposition in committee hearing
• 3/17/2010: Newspaper Story - A Senate bill would increase the number of games a Bingo license holder can conduct.
• 3/16/2010: Newspaper Story - Bill would would allow doctor to override pharmaceutical entities from blocking prescribed drugs until alternative therapy fails
• 3/15/2010: Radio Story - During a debate on an Internet sales tax, a conservative rural senator was called a
• 2/25/2010: Newspaper Story - Bill rids 'suspension rule' that allows insurance companies to indefinitely hold claim
• 2/ 9/2010: Radio Story - The Senate Commerce committee listened to a Republican senator sell legislation helping identity theft victims.
• 2/ 8/2010: Newspaper Story - The Senate heard a bill that would ban felons from obtaining fireworks permits
• 2/ 4/2010: Newspaper Story - Anti-porn bill before Senate comes at the heels of an FBI investigation
• 2/ 4/2010: Radio Story - Senate approves Bartle sex shop bill days after he testifies in front of a federal grand jury.
• 2/ 3/2010: Radio Story - A bill that would require insurance companies to cover autism has passed the Senate.
• 2/ 3/2010: Newspaper Story - Missouri's Senate passed a bill that would require insurance companies to cover autism.
• 2/ 3/2010: Radio Story - A bill that would help prevent sexual orientation discrimination left Senators at a committee hearing silent.
• 2/ 2/2010: Newspaper Story - An effort to include welfare recipients in the autism insurance requirement stalled Senate action.
• 2/ 2/2010: Radio Story - With general revenue way down, Missouri will have to continue to tighten its belt says Budget Chair Icet
• 2/ 1/2010: Radio Story - In a visit to the Missouri Capitol on Monday, the Chinese ambassador to the United States talked trade and Taiwan.
• 1/28/2010: Radio Story - Tax exemptions for seniors and charities are threatened by new sales tax.
• 1/27/2010: Radio Story - The state Gaming Commission has voted to sink the President Casino, a riverboat gambling center in St. Louis.
• 1/27/2010: Newspaper Story - The Joint Committee on Tax Policy called for a review of tax credit programs to determine the state's return on tax credits and the amount and type of credits still owed by the state.
• 1/26/2010: Newspaper Story - Nixon's proposal to mandate autism insurance coverage clears a Senate Committee
• 1/25/2010: Newspaper Story - A bill that would allow an exception in liquor laws for Valentine's Days that fall on a Sunday was passed out of Rules Committee
• 1/25/2010: Radio Story - In a year lawmakers promised they'd focus on ethics reform and the budget crisis, one of the first bills to reach the House floor is about buying alcohol on Valentine's Day.
• 1/20/2010: Radio Story - Governor Nixon's State of the State raised has some top Senators worried.
• 1/13/2010: Newspaper Story - The State Auditor said that a tax refund for businesses who file taxes on time cost Missouri $93 million in 2008 and should be repealed.