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05.15.2009 9:00 pm

A season of missed opportunities for Missouri

Legislators throw paper copies of bills into the air at the close of the 2006 session.

Legislators throw paper copies of bills into the air at the close of the 2006 session.

Chiseled in stone on the state capitol in Jefferson City is a Latin phrase that translates as “Let the welfare of the people be the supreme…

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01.09.2009 9:01 pm

To help families, keep consumer protections

AmerenUE's Callaway Nuclear Plant.

Callaway Nuclear Plant.

Ron Richard, the Joplin Republican who is the new speaker of the Missouri House, last week unveiled what he and his fellow GOP lawmakers are calling the “Family Recovery Plan.”
Here’s how it would help Missouri families recover: It…

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09.23.2008 9:00 pm

Wednesday editorial: Burning energy questions

solar_opt.jpgMissouri voters have an opportunity to nudge utilities down the path toward more sustainable energy. Proposition C on the November ballot would require large electric companies to get at least 15 percent of the power they sell through renewable sources…

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06.19.2008 9:01 pm

Friday editorial: Shifting risk vs. sharing power

cd_file_callaway_nuclear_opt.jpgMissouri electric customers deserve all the protection they can get. But one of the few protections they currently enjoy is under heavy fire from a utility giant and its friends on the Public Service Commission.
At issue is a law that…

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