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August 2003

Number Of Businesses In Missouri On The Rise

by admin on August 29, 2003

in Politics & Government

A couple of positive economic indicators are reported by the State Economic Development Department. The number of businesses in Missouri is at an all-time high – 156,000, up about 2,300 from 2001. And, the average pesonal income in Missouri has gone up two-and-a-half percent, almost a percentage point more than the national average. The average annual wages in Missouri are $33,260.

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Conservation Department Releases Guide To Water Fun

by admin 08/29/03 8:22 AM

For almost 40 years, canoeists in Missouri have relied on Oz Hawksley’s guidebook – “Missouri Ozark Waterways.” Now, the Conservation Department has published a new guide. It adds about 20 new streams, many in north Missouri. Editor Joan McKee says she does not want the book to be justt for [...]

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Highway Patrol Working For Safe Holiday Weekend

by admin 08/29/03 8:20 AM

Missouri State Highway Patrol officials are hoping to avoid a repeat of last year’s deadly Labor Day weekend when 10 people died on Missouri’s roads and nearly 600 more were injured. Lieutenant Tim Hull they expect plenty of drivers out this weekend. Hull says driver inattention is still the biggest cause of accidents. [...]

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Division Of Highway Safety Changes Name … Maintains Mission

by admin 08/29/03 8:19 AM

The mission doesn’t change, but the place within the structure of state bureaucracy does for the Division of Highway Safety, now the Office of Highway Safety. State Highway Safety Director Joyce Shaul says little will change within her office now that it is moving from the Department of Public Safety to the Missouri Department [...]

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Holden Launches Quest For Tort Reform Package

by admin 08/29/03 8:06 AM

Governor Bob Holden has started the wheels in motion to come up with a litigation reform package for the General Assembly to consider during a September session of the Legislature. But the effort is not without controversy. Governor Holden vetoed the litigation reform bill sent to him by the General Assembly – a [...]

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