by admin | Sep 12, 2000 | Crime / Courts
Attorney General Jay Nixon defends his contract with Springfield lawyer Tom Strong to work for the state in the $6.7 billion dollar tobacco settlement. Nixon points out the contract specifies Strong will be paid by the tobacco companies after the lawsuit is settled....
by admin | Sep 12, 2000 | Crime / Courts
A special assistant attorney general argues against allowing outsiders to get a piece of the $6.7 billion dollar tobacco settlement coming to Missouri. Tom Strong makes his case before a special panel of the State Supreme Court. The city of St. Louis, a hospital group...
by admin | Sep 5, 2000 | Crime / Courts
Attorney General Jay Nixon wards off criticism that he waited too long to get into the national tobacco lawsuit settlement. His challenger, Sam Jones, says Missouri’s late entrance into the suit cost the state millions of dollars in the final settlement. But...
by admin | Jun 16, 2000 | Politics / Govt
6.7 billion dollars over the next 25 years is the figure used over and over to describe the amount of money Missouri will receive from the national tobacco settlement. That figure has now been revised sharply lower. State Budget Director Mark Ward says the new...
by admin | May 18, 2000 | Health / Medicine, Politics / Govt
Missouri nearly lost millions of federal dollars, because of its high juvenile smoking rate. Supporters of an anti-juvenile smoking bill say its death this session places those funds in jeopardy. But reality is more complicated. US Senator Bond worked in Washington to...
