Mo. bill lets banks compete with payday lenders
Source: SF Gate
Jefferson City :: MO :: USA | updated 2013-06-16 09:37:29 -0700 | business-news
Missouri residents soon could turn to their hometown banks for a quick cash advance under legislation that could allow traditional financial institutions to compete with the payday lenders that proliferate across the state. A bill pending before Gov. Jay Nixon...
Mo. audit faults $170K given to child-care centers
Source: SF Gate
Jefferson City :: MO :: USA | updated 2013-06-10 14:04:27 -0700 | business-news
Mo. (AP) Missouri paid more than $170,000 to several child-care providers that failed to follow through on plans to open or expand facilities, according to a state audit released Monday. Auditor Tom Schweich also faulted state officials for allowing what...
Hawthorn Bancshares Announces Results of 2013 Annual Meeting
Source: The Motley Fool
Jefferson City :: MO :: USA | updated 2013-06-06 09:54:54 -0700 | business-news
Company's June 4, 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Kevin L...Turner were re-elected as Class III directors to serve three-year terms expiring 2016. Mr. Riley has served as Director of Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. since 1995 and is currently co-owner of two...
Missouri state revenues up 10 percent for 2013 fiscal year
Source: Kansas City Star
Jefferson City :: MO :: USA | updated 2013-06-04 12:55:58 -0700 | business-news
A new report shows Missouri revenues up more than 10 percent through the first 11 months of the fiscal year compared with the same period last year. More News The Missouri Office of Administration says net general revenue through the...
Budget surpluses spur tension in some GOP states
Source: Associated Press
Jefferson City :: MO :: USA | updated 2013-05-13 10:14:40 -0700 | business-news
Though they won majorities in more than half the statehouses on principled platforms of making government smaller, some Republicans now are feeling tremendous pressure to spend newfound money on roads, buildings and schools that had been neglected or cut during...
Missouri House OKs Nixon's plan for mental hospital, Capitol
Source: Kansas City Star
Jefferson City :: MO :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 02:24:08 -0700 | business-news
The Missouri House has adopted Gov. Jay Nixon's plan to increase funding for the state mental hospital, the Capitol and the park system. More News Nixon proposed the changes Thursday citing increases in state revenue above projections. Just hours after...
Missouri GOP at odds over what to do with surplus money
Source: Kansas City Star
Jefferson City :: MO :: USA | updated 2013-04-30 07:52:25 -0700 | business-news
Republican leaders in the Missouri Legislature are at odds over what to do with a surplus of state money. More News Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Kurt Schaefer says he expects Missouri will end its fiscal year June 30 with about...
Missouri offers tax break on appliances this week
Source: Kansas City Star
Jefferson City :: MO :: USA | updated 2013-04-22 06:02:33 -0700 | business-news
Missouri consumers are being offered a temporary break on the state sales tax on energy-efficient appliances. Online More News The Revenue Department says its fifth annual Show-Me Green Sales Tax Holiday runs through Thursday of this week. The event lifts...
Missouri lawmakers to resume work on state budget
Source: Kansas City Star
Jefferson City :: MO :: USA | updated 2012-06-10 18:51:13 -0700 | political-news
Missouri lawmakers are going back to work on a state budget for the fiscal year that begins in July. The Senate Appropriations Committee devoted several days to the budget last week and planned to resume the work Tuesday. The Legislature...
Officials release tornado safety videos
Source: Belleville News-Democrat
Jefferson City :: MO :: USA | updated 2012-05-08 16:13:03 -0700 | technology-news
Missouri's State Emergency Management Agency is releasing videos showing people how to take cover in tornadoes and other types of severe weather. The release of the videos comes in advance of next week's Statewide Tornado Drill. Barring severe weather, people...
Missouri enacts stricter fiscal requirements for grain dealers
Source: Kansas City Star
Jefferson City :: MO :: USA | updated 2011-09-12 06:54:22 -0700 | political-news
Gov. Jay Nixon has signed legislation imposing more stringent financial requirements on Missouri grain dealers. The legislation signed Monday is a response to what the state Agriculture Department has called the most costly grain fraud scheme in Missouri history.
Minimum wage law's backers gear up
Source: Kansas City Star
Jefferson City :: MO :: USA | updated 2011-04-15 18:27:24 -0700 | political-news
Labor and worker advocacy groups plan to lobby Feb. 23 in Jefferson City against business-backed legislation that would keep Missouri's minimum wage from rising higher than the federal rate.House Bill 61 and a similar Senate bill would repeal an escalator...
Missouri finances up, but cuts remain
Source: Kansas City Star
Jefferson City :: MO :: USA | updated 2011-03-13 22:43:54 -0700 | political-news
Gov. Jay Nixon's administration remains reluctant to reverse spending cuts affecting public schools, college scholarships and other services, despite Missouri's improving finances.Figures provided to The Associated Press by the state treasurer's office show Missouri had $484 million in its...
Mo. law limiting sexual businesses to take effect Saturday; judge denies restraining order
Source: Star Tribune
Jefferson City :: MO :: USA | updated 2010-10-28 05:22:39 -0700 | political-news
And all sexually oriented businesses must abide by a midnight closing time. Missouri's wide-ranging limitations on sexual businesses will take effect Saturday after a state judge on Friday denied a request from a coalition of sexual store owners and erotic...
Powerball winner Missouri rakes in the jackpot.
Posted by: prosthius
Jefferson City :: MO :: USA | updated 2010-10-24 14:12:32 -0700 | business-news
A certain Chris Shaw has changed the history of the Missouri Lottery by coming up with the winning ticket for the Powerball event. The total jackpot for the event was put at 258 million dollars, the tenth largest jackpot for...
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