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Tight budget, growing population

October 25, 2009 By

BP talks with George LombardiState agencies are cutting jobs, limiting some services, limiting travel,and taking other steps to deal with state government’s declining fiscal condition. One agency is trying to handle its situation without violating the constitution.

At a time when Missouri’s prison population is increasing by an average of 30 inmates a month, state government is under growing pressure to cut spending. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crime & Courts

Tree trimming a year-round job for Missouri’s electric utilities

October 25, 2009 By

The elements can bring down power lines any time of the year, but some of the major problem times involving trees and power lines occur in the summer during thunderstorms and in the winter during snow and ice storms. Missouri’s electric utilities are at work, year-round, to trim trees to try to cut down on the possibility of electricity outages that might come with the next storm.

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Filed Under: Human Interest

H1N1 response doesn’t inspire confidence in bio attack response

October 25, 2009 By
The federal government’s response to the H1N1 threat doesn’t inspire confidence in its ability to respond to a biological terrorist attack, at least not to a Missourian who keeps track of such things.

 

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