by admin | Aug 3, 2006 | Politics / Govt
The politics behind the decision is complicated, but the result is not. The proposed smoking ban for St. Louis County is dead. The County Council has killed the idea proposed by Chairman Kurt Odenwald. The Council wouldn’t even agree to a proposal to place the...
by admin | Jul 17, 2006 | Politics / Govt
Columbia’s city council takes a look at an ordinance tonight that would ban smoking in most public areas, including outdoor arenas and outdoor patios. One member of the city board of health who voted against sending the idea to the council says it’s a...
by admin | Jul 3, 2006 | Politics / Govt
Governor Matt Blunt has issued an executive order to change the way in which payments from the settlement with the big tobacco companies are administered. Under the Holden Administration, several accounts had been created for managing the $140-Million per year the...
by admin | Jun 2, 2006 | Health / Medicine
Missouri’s hospitals are moving quickly to ban tobacco, not just in the building, but anywhere on hospital property. Some patients are so addicted, they drag their I-V bottles, tubes, and cart out to the parking lot of their hospital so they can get a nicotine...
by admin | Apr 20, 2006 | Health / Medicine, Politics / Govt
Members of the Missouri House move to make sure a small portion of the Life Science Trust Fund goes toward adult stem cell research. About $3 million in the 2007 Fiscal Year would be designated to adult stem cell research, a sliver of the tobacco settlement funds that...
