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Koster has more than $400,000 ready for gubernatorial race

Associated Press — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:37:03 +0000

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has more than $400,000 in the bank as he makes plans for a 2016 gubernatorial race.

Koster filed a quarterly finance report Monday indicating he had $419,348 in his account as of the end of March. The Democratic attorney general confirmed last week that he is "making the necessary preparations" to run for governor.

Mo. auditor confirms insolvency of disability fund

Associated Press — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:54:59 +0000

A report from the Missouri auditor confirms that a state fund for disabled workers is insolvent.

State Auditor Tom Schweich said Friday that Missouri's Second Injury Fund had barely $3 million as of the end of 2012 but had unpaid obligations of $28 million.

The fund covers workers' compensation claims for employees who have previous injuries or disabilities and then suffer a new job-related injury. Auditors and financial analysts have warned for several years that the fund was on a path toward insolvency. But lawmakers have done nothing to address it.

State Audit Released On Mo. Public Defenders

Maria Altman — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:19:55 +0000

The Missouri state auditor released a report Wednesday on the state’s Public Defender system.

Among the findings: public defenders need to better track the hours they spend on each case and update the standards they use to determine what’s the appropriate caseload.

Auditor Tom Schweich says Public Defenders have relied on national standards that are out-of-date.

"They recognize what we said was accurate and they’ve agreed to implement the recommendation, and one of them is that you’ve got to use actuals in determining whether overwor

State Supreme Court upholds fiscal notes for ballot initiatives

Marshall Griffin — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:50:32 +0000

The Missouri Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to the authority of the state auditor to write financial summaries for ballot initiatives.

Opponents of three initiatives - a cap on interest rates for payday loans, an increase in the minimum wage, and an increase in the state tobacco tax - alleged that the section of Missouri's election law requiring the financial summaries violated the state constitution by imposing duties on the auditor that were "not related to the supervising and auditing of the receipt and expe

Mo. job incentive program comes up short

Associated Press — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 21:39:43 +0000

A new audit says Missouri officials have overstated the economic impact of the state's main job incentive programs.

The report released Monday by Auditor Tom Schweich focuses on the Quality Jobs program, which provides tax breaks to businesses that add jobs with decent wages and health insurance.

Schweich says the projected jobs and investment reported by the Department of Economic Development has significantly overstated the amount of jobs actually created and the amount of money actually invested by businesses to improve facilities and equipment.

Mo. auditor halts fiscal estimates for initiatives

Associated Press — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:53:49 +0000

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich (shwyk) has instructed his staff to stop doing financial estimates for ballot initiatives because of several recent court decisions.

Cole Co. circuit court clerk resigns

Tatiana Darie — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:09:41 +0000

Mrs. Brenda Umstattd has resigned as Circuit Clerk of Cole County after a state audit report was released on Wednesday.

Newscast for April 18, 2012

Nick Gass — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:36:55 +0000

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

Charles Erickson recants his previous testimony in the Ryan Ferguson trial.
Legislation that would tweak Missouri's K-12 funding formula stalls in the state Senate.
Cole County's court circuit clerk resigns after today's state audit release.

Newscast for March 30, 2012

Brian Pepoon — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:18:14 +0000

Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:

A lawsuit between southeast Missouri farmers and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
A battery acid leak affecting Columbia Police Department and Joint Operations
Missouri Gaming Commission new rule regarding casino exclusion list
More corn planted this year since end of Great Depression
State Auditor Schweich releases report about misuse of federal funds

State auditor Schweich reports federal funds misuse

Associated Press — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:43:30 +0000

Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich has released a report questioning how federal money is spent by state government in several programs.