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Missouri regulators can now subpoena records from marijuana facilities

2 years 2 months ago
If state regulators decide they need to investigate a licensed marijuana facility, they typically ask for certain records. But an easy place for businesses to “hide” records is with their security companies or other contractors, said Amy Moore, director of the state’s cannabis regulation under the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. Those “third-party entities” are not companies the state directly regulates. “You can imagine the security companies would have a lot of…
Rebecca Rivas

Korean Royalty Collecting Society Fined For Acting Like Racketeering Thugs

2 years 2 months ago
Copyright royalty collection societies don’t exactly have a stellar reputation for operating on the ethical up and up. Our pages are filled with these collection societies pulling all sorts of bullshit. Some of my favorites are things like when one society insisted on collecting royalties from a bar that was shut down due to COVID, […]
Dark Helmet

Kids make up half of Missourians who lost Medicaid in 1st month of reviews

2 years 2 months ago
More than 32,000 Missourians – half of them children – lost Medicaid coverage in June during Missouri’s first round of eligibility checks after the COVID public health emergency. According to a Department of Social Services announcement Thursday, out of the roughly 116,000 Medicaid recipients who had their eligibility checked in June, around 43% retained coverage, 28% lost coverage and 29% have their determinations pending. June was the first month of eligibility reviews as the state works…
Clara Bates