by admin | Mar 15, 2012 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
Legislation that would ban smoking in the state’s corrections system has led to some interesting discussion in the House Corrections Committee. Current state law restricts smoking at correctional facilities to designated areas outside. Representative Chris...
by admin | Jun 24, 2009 | Politics / Govt
Missouri’s utility officials are watching the federal climate-change legislation. The Waxman-Markey bill is could be taken up by Congress this week … key legislators are still working with agriculture officials on controversial measures in the bill the ag...
by admin | Jan 25, 2008 | Health / Medicine
Kansas City is banning smoking in most restaurants in sixty days. The ban, approved by the Kansas City Council, also bans smoking at the Truman Sports Complex, where the Royals and the Chiefs play. The Council has decided not to put the issue before voters in April....
by admin | Jan 1, 2008 | Politics / Govt
Supporters of a proposal to ban smoking in Kansas City bars and restaurants have moved a step closer to making those establishments smoke-free. Election officials have certified that an initiative petition effort gathered more than 4,500 valid signatures of registered...
by admin | Aug 1, 2007 | Crime / Courts
The State Appeals Court in Kansas City has thrown out the largest punitive damage award in Missouri history on a smoking case – $20-Million – but has let stand a finding that Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company worked to keep harmful information about...
