by admin | Mar 24, 2008 | Politics / Govt
All those new ways to get telephone service, the Internet and even television would undergo less regulation under a bill moving through the legislature. Supporters insist less regulation means more competition and better service to consumers. Not everyone buys that...
by admin | Jan 15, 2008 | News
Missouri hopes to crack down on Internet harassment, but drafting legislation to fit the problem might be much tougher than first thought. A special task force began reviewing the topic in light of the Megan Meier tragedy. Megan was the St. Louis County teen-ager who...
by admin | Dec 21, 2007 | Business
Sprint-Nextel will pay $52 million to Missouri municipalities in back taxes on cell phone service. AT&T and Verizon agreed to similar settlements earlier. Sprint says it still thinks the effort by communities to tax cell phones violates the Missouri Constitution...
by admin | Aug 6, 2007 | News
9-1-1 is the universal emergency telephone number, but concerns are being raised at the State Capitol that, in more and more instances, if you dial 9-1-1 you might not get the emergency help you need. State Public Safety Director Mark James puts it bluntly to a...
by admin | May 14, 2007 | Education, Politics / Govt
Missouri has created a virtual school to give certain students are actual education. This classroom will come to the student, via a personal computer. The virtual school concept uses the Web to deliver instruction online. Two vendors have been chosen to deliver...
