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· Gov Nixon "Silent" on funding for Metro – Today House Bill 22 was defeated in the Missouri House of Representatives. The bill included, among other things, $12 million in funding for Metro. -
· AT&T Wants to Discontinue White Pages – AT&T Missouri has requested permission from regulators to stop producing a white pages telephone book in Kansas City and St. Louis. -
· Bill to allow concealed weapons on Missouri Campuses moves forward – The Missouri House of Representatives passed house bill 668 which, if passed by the Senate and signed by the Governor, would allow the carrying of concealed firearms on the campuses of the University of Missouri. -
· Truck Driver Charged with Involuntary Manslaughter – The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney has filed charges alleging three counts of involuntary manslaughter against Jeffery Knight of Muscle Shoals Alabama. Knight, a truck driver, crashed into stopped vehicles on highway 40 in July 2008 killing three people and injuring several others. -
· The Missouri House approves bill to protect secret union ballot – On Monday of this week, the Missouri House of Representatives passed the controversial bill to protect secret ballots in union elections. If passed by the Senate it will be put to a vote of the people of Missouri. -
· Atty General Koster Files Motion to Shut Down Peerless Landfill – Yesterday, Attorney General Koster filed a motion to force Peerless Landfill, Inc. a demolition landfill in St. Louis County, to shut down for noncompliance of an earlier consent judgment that required it to have a working system to control methane gas emitted by the landfill, as well as to have an insurance mechanism for the continued working of the system. -
· St. Louis to receive millions for research – St. Louis institutions will receive millions of dollars in grants to, partially from the Obama administration stimulus package. -
· Reap to serve as Acting U.S. Attorney – Michael W. Reap will serve as Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, replacing Attorney Catherine L. Hanaway, whose resignation is effective today. -
· Missouri to seek stimulus for high-speed rail – Four months after unveiling a high-speed rail plan for the United States, the federal government is now allocating money to get the ball rolling, and Missouri wants to get a slice of the pie. -
· Nazis, protesters face off in St. Louis – No one was injured in a confrontation between neo-Nazis and counter-protesters on the grounds of the St. Louis Gateway Arch this weekend. -