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		<title>Consumers Council joins CARS in urging Enterprise to drop its opposition to rental car safety legislation</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2012/02/21/consumers-council-joins-cars-in-urging-enterprise-to-drop-its-opposition-to-rental-car-safety-legislation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A loophole  in federal law allows rental car companies to rent or sell vehicles that are under a safety recall, without fixing them first.  Enterprise is the largest rental car company in the nation but admitted in a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administrationm, that it continues to rent vehicles to the public, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Post Dispatch:  PSC should leave ethics rule alone</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2011/12/07/post-dispatch-psc-should-leave-ethics-rule-alone/</link>
		<comments>http://moconsumers.org/2011/12/07/post-dispatch-psc-should-leave-ethics-rule-alone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a simple rule of thumb to know when government is about to make your life more difficult or expensive: When someone tries to change the word &#8216;shall&#8221; in a rule or law to &#8220;may,&#8221; hold on to your wallet. Such is the case as the Missouri Public Service Commission considers changing its year-old ethics [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CCM chair Bray testifies on Health Insurance Exchanges</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2011/11/15/ccm-chair-bray-testifies-on-health-insurance-exchanges/</link>
		<comments>http://moconsumers.org/2011/11/15/ccm-chair-bray-testifies-on-health-insurance-exchanges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Testimony before the Senate Interim Committee on Health Insurance Exchanges November 10, 2011             Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, thank you for being here today and accepting public testimony on this important matter.            My name is Joan Bray.  I represent the Consumers Council of Missouri, which advocates for the interests of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consumers Council testimony before Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2011/08/27/consumers-council-testimony-before-department-of-insurance-financial-institutions-and-professional-registration/</link>
		<comments>http://moconsumers.org/2011/08/27/consumers-council-testimony-before-department-of-insurance-financial-institutions-and-professional-registration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ August 26, 2011 Re: Adjustment to Medical Loss Ratios in Missouri              Good morning.  My name is Joan Bray.  I am the chair of the board of the Consumers Council of Missouri.  Thank you for the opportunity to present testimony this morning.              The Consumers Council of Missouri (CCM) was organized to educate andempower consumers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Final MSD Hearing Wednesday August 24</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2011/08/23/final-msd-hearing-wednesday-august-24/</link>
		<comments>http://moconsumers.org/2011/08/23/final-msd-hearing-wednesday-august-24/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Wednesday, August 24th, is your final opportunity to talk with the MSD rate commission about their proposed rate plan to finance improvements which will place MSD in compliance with EPA standards.  The MSD plan would cost the average household $583.44 more over five-years.  While we all know the improvements are needed, we do not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Utility rate hikes and the war on the middle class &#8211; An editorial in the St. Louis Post Dispatch</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2011/07/20/utility-rate-hikes-and-the-war-on-the-middle-class-an-editorial-in-the-st-louis-post-dispatch/</link>
		<comments>http://moconsumers.org/2011/07/20/utility-rate-hikes-and-the-war-on-the-middle-class-an-editorial-in-the-st-louis-post-dispatch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Since 2007, the individual whom Ameren Missouri calls its &#8220;typical residential electric customer&#8221; has seen his monthly electric bill go up 31 percent, to $96 a month. Four years ago, &#8220;Trec&#8221; was paying $66 a month for 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity. Four rate increases in a little more than four years — the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ameren Missouri reneging on its promise to consumers</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2011/06/12/ameren-missouri-reneging-on-its-promise-to-consumers/</link>
		<comments>http://moconsumers.org/2011/06/12/ameren-missouri-reneging-on-its-promise-to-consumers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 04:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ameren Missouri is seeking to charge its customers $89 million to cover part of the costs of rebuilding the Taum Sauk power plant after making repeated statements the consumers would NOT bear the cost of their reservoir disaster. In 2005, the Taum Sauk reservoir breached, releasing a billion gallons of water in 12 minutes and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Payday Loan Fight Begins for Next Legislative Session</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2011/06/09/payday-loan-fight-begins-for-next-legislative-session/</link>
		<comments>http://moconsumers.org/2011/06/09/payday-loan-fight-begins-for-next-legislative-session/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, June 18th at 10:00 a.m., a public meeting will be held to begin planning strategy to move payday loan legislation forward in the next session of the Missouri Legislature.  The meeting  &#8211; Fair Lending for Missouri Families &#8211; will be held at St. Peter&#8217;s Catholic Church in the Selinger Center at 216 Broadway in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Payday Loan bill dead for now.</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2011/05/02/payday-loan-bill-dead-for-now/</link>
		<comments>http://moconsumers.org/2011/05/02/payday-loan-bill-dead-for-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 16:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senators: Next session for payday loans Current legislation failed to advance. By Rudi Keller Columbia Daily Tribune Saturday, April 30, 2011 Advertisement JEFFERSON CITY — A House-approved payday lending bill is dead for this year, but two senators — one Republican and one Democrat — say they plan to write a much tougher measure in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Post Dispatch update on PayDay Loan Legislation by Jake Wagman</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2011/03/01/post-dispatch-update-on-payday-loan-legislation-by-jake-wagman/</link>
		<comments>http://moconsumers.org/2011/03/01/post-dispatch-update-on-payday-loan-legislation-by-jake-wagman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  ST. LOUIS • State Rep. Mary Still was irked but not surprised by comments last week from House Speaker Steve Tilley, who suggested last week that the Columbia Democrat may have more legislative success if she worked better with others. Tilley called the second-term lawmaker &#8220;not the easiest person to work with on either side of [...]]]></description>
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