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Missouri legislative leader files bill targeting time-of-use utility pricing plans

1 year ago
One of Missouri’s highest-ranking lawmakers hopes to stop state regulators from forcing electric utilities to charge a premium for power used at times of high demand. The legislation filed by Senate Majority Leader Cindy O’Laughlin was inspired by Evergy’s roll out of time-of-use pricing plans to its customers last summer, which included a plan that would have quadrupled customers’ charges for energy used at times of high demand. The new rates were mandated by the Public Service Commission,…
Allison Kite

Missouri Supreme Court strikes down law banning sleeping on public land

1 year ago
A wide-ranging bill passed by the state legislature last year banning sleeping on public land was struck down on Tuesday by the Missouri Supreme Court for violating the constitution’s single subject requirement. Missouri lawmakers last year made sleeping on state-owned land a Class C misdemeanor and restricted state funds for combating homelessness. The legislation was passed as an amendment in a broader bill relating to political subdivisions just before the end of the 2022 session. Critics…
Clara Bates

SSM Health SLU Hospital's nurses ready to strike for 2nd time after 6 months without contract

1 year ago
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital's nurses are preparing to strike next Wednesday unless an agreement is reached with SSM Health. Union Steward Sarah DeWilde says it’s only been getting harder to keep going. “We're losing our coworkers. And it's disheartening,” DeWilde said. This leads them to a second strike that is scheduled to last two days from 7 a.m. Dec 27 to 6:59 a.m. Dec. 29 unless a contract is reached. Union nurses at SLU Hospital have been in negotiations with the hospital…
Laura Barczewski

Company behind Missouri marijuana recall poses legal challenge to state’s regulations

1 year ago
Missouri’s crackdown on a cannabis company accused of illegally importing THC concentrate could lead to a showdown over the state’s authority to regulate the industry. Delta Extraction had its license to manufacture cannabis products revoked in November, months after a massive recall pulled more than 60,000 products off the shelves — which the state says were illegally made with a hemp-derived THC concentrate imported from out of state. (THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, is the compound that gives…
Rebecca Rivas