Missouri House and Senate sessions just ended -- disproportionately benefiting corporate interests -- with a lot of help from lobbyists -- particularly monopoly utility companies. A devastating year for consumers -- a reminder that consumer issues are social justice issues. http://www.stltoday.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-a-fine-legislative-year-for-special-interests-regular-interests/art ...
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St. Louis petitions state politicians to restore net neutrality
Last year, the Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal net neutrality, a set of regulations intended to protect internet users. Now, leaders of eight St. Louis co-working spaces are calling on Missouri congressional lawmakers to join national efforts that could reverse the commission’s decision. Their call came Wednesday as U.S. Sen. Ed. Markey, D-Mass., filed a petition that woul ...
Will a governor's scandal upend ratemaking reform?
Each of the past two years, a filibuster by a few state senators in the final days of the legislative session stymied a utility-backed ratemaking bill in Missouri. This year, the utility bill survived a 22-hour Senate filibuster in February (Energywire, Feb. 12). Now the question is what happens in the final days of a legislative session that has been consumed by the scandal enveloping Gov. Eric ...
Utilities and Opponents are Playing Hardball with Rate Reform
by the Editorial Board for the St. Louis Post-DispatcthAmeren Missouri’s cherished rate-reform bill, which has sat dormant in the Missouri House since being passed by the state Senate in mid-February, is meeting 11th-hour challenges — and a threat to force full disclosure of all the money spent to pass it. Missouri consumers’ best hope is for Senate Bill 564 to die before the legis ...
Missouri House Moves Meaningless Reform on Payday Lending Forward
Today the Missouri House Financial Institutions Committee passed a bill that purports to regulate payday lending in several ways – some of which appear to be beneficial to consumers. However, HB 2657 currently lacks the real regulatory changes the state of Missouri needs to protect its citizens. In fact, passage of this bill leaves Missouri far behind the regulation of all of our surrounding sta ...
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