by admin | Feb 27, 2001 | News
A legislative effort has been launched to toughen the state’s telemarketing law, which goes into effect July 1st. State Representative Rick Johnson (D-High Ridge) is sponsoring a bill that would close some loopholes in the existing legislation. He’s...
by admin | Jul 11, 2000 | Politics / Govt
It’s going to be one year before many telemarketers will need your permission to call you. The governor has signed the law but spokesman Scott Holste with the attorney general’s office says it’s going to take several months to put the program...
by admin | May 13, 2000 | News
Missourians might soon be able to tell many telemarketers their phone is off limits. In the last hours of this legislative session, the House approves the telemarketing bill and sends it to the governor. Representative Don Kissell of St. Peters tells colleagues his...
by admin | May 11, 2000 | News
An effort to keep your phone from ringing when you don’t want it to is put into position to pass as the legislative session nears the end. Some changes have been made that the Senate must consider to the bill that regulates telemarketers and would create a DO...
by admin | May 10, 2000 | Crime / Courts
A St. Louis man who called people to tell them they could claim a prize by sending him money has been sentenced to eight years in prison for telemarketing fraud. The state says Eddie Littleton had been running the scam since 19-96.
