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Second Injury Fund
7:52 pm
Wed February 15, 2012

Koster, Mo. lawmakers, address 2nd Injury Fund woes

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Mo. Atty. Gen. Chris Koster (D)
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Attorney General Chris Koster (D) is urging Missouri lawmakers to either find a way to make the state’s Second Injury Fund solvent again or to get rid of it entirely.

The fund provides payments to workers who return to the workforce after being injured on the job, then are injured on the job again. The Attorney General’s office manages the fund, and Koster says it’s been losing money ever since lawmakers in 2005 capped the amount of money Missouri businesses have to pay to keep the fund afloat.

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missouri congressional redistricting
1:05 pm
Fri April 8, 2011

Mo. GOP redistricting maps may face filibuster

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The GOP redistricting map passed this week by the Mo. House
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The GOP redistricting map passed by a Mo. Senate committee. Both the Senate and House GOP proposed maps move three rural counties into the urban Kansas City congressional district.
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The Senate GOP map, overlaid with the current nine congressional districts.
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Another filibuster in the Missouri Senate may be brewing, this time over redistricting.   

Majority Floor Leader Tom Dempsey (R, St. Charles) says he expects fellow GOP Senator Bill Stouffer (R, Napton) to try and block the redistricting map passed this week by the House, and possibly the Senate version as well.

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