by Mike Lear | Jun 20, 2013 | News, Politics / Govt
A state lawmaker has requested documents from two state agencies regarding how the state awards brownfield tax credits, after the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported taxpayers lost millions in one project. That Post-Dispatch article says a consultant, Environmental...
by Mike Lear | Jun 20, 2012 | Agriculture, News
Drought conditions are worsening across the state, but are still not serious enough that the Department of Natural Resources has activated its drought response plan. Water Resources Center director Ryan Miller says conditions are getting close to those triggers,...
by admin | Jan 5, 2010 | Legislature
On the eve of start of the 2010 legislative session the Senate committee looking into delays in the release of information on the E. coli contamination at the Lake of the Ozarks hears from a former state official who accepts full responsibility. Former Department of...
by admin | Oct 4, 2009 | Politics / Govt
Top officials within the Nixon Administration deny they have been uncooperative with a Senate review of DNR action to withhold information about contamination at the Lake of the Ozarks. Sen. Brad Lager (R-Savannah) has complained his committee’s review of...
by admin | Oct 3, 2009 | Politics / Govt
There is more fallout from the withholding of information regarding contamination at the Lake of the Ozarks prior to the Memorial Day weekend. Two Department of Natural Resources employees have been placed on administrative leave without pay for five days. According...