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May 15, 2013
Bridgeton Landfill Agreement: Will Officials Eliminate Horrible Odor, Protect Residents?
After months of controversy regarding the smelly Bridgeton landfill -- with heated debates about the cause of the awful stench and the potential health hazards -- the Missouri attorney general's office and the company behind the site have hammered out an agreement. Republic Services, parent compan ... More >>
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May 8, 2013
Bridgeton Landfill: Foul Smell Getting a Lot Worse, Officials Offer Alternative Housing
The folks behind the smelly Bridgeton landfill are moving forward with a project that they say, in the long run, should make the site a lot less smelly. In the interim, however, it's going to get worse -- potentially a lot worse. Which is why Republic Services, parent company of Bridgeton Landfill ... More >>
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April 26, 2013
Bridgeton: AG Chris Koster to Take Smelly Landfill to Court, Cites "Burning Waste" Effects
As we've reported, there's a landfill in Bridgeton that smells really, really terrible -- and while the officials responsible say they are doing everything they can to make it less stinky, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is not pleased. He recently announced that he'll be suing the company ... More >>
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April 19, 2013
Meth: Anti-Smurfing Campaign Comes to St. Louis To Discourage Illegal Medicine Sales
St. Louis police want to make it a little bit harder for cooks to make meth -- by scaring those who illegally secure ingredients for them. The state attorney general's office partnered with the metro police department in announcement yesterday that a so-called "Anti-Smurfing Campaign" is coming to ... More >>
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April 11, 2013
Mo. Attorney General to Republicans: Enough "Foolishness" on Contraception Coverage
In a scathing rebuke of conservative lawmakers, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster today called on Republicans to end their continued bickering over contraception coverage outlined in the federal Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare. "The Republicans' attempt to deny contraceptive coverage to ... More >>
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April 10, 2013
Birth Control: Our Lady's Inn, GOP Pressure Chris Koster to Appeal Contraception Decision
The fight over mandatory birth control coverage in Missouri -- as outlined by federal health care law -- is heating up once again, with renewed pressure this week from from Republican lawmakers as well as Our Lady's Inn, a St. Louis nonprofit that opposes contraception requirements. The individual ... More >>
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March 27, 2013
AG Sues Stinky Bridgeton Landfill, Cites Underground Fire, Hazardous Waste Violations
Environmental activists in recent weeks have done their best to raise a stink about a landfill in Bridgeton, which everyone agrees smells really bad -- and critics think could pose serious health risks, in part because there is a fire underground and radioactive material nearby. Now, the company b ... More >>
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March 22, 2013
James Gardner Committed as Sexually Violent Predator for Sodomizing Boy, 7, Abusing Girl, 3
James Arthur Gardner, a 44-year-old St. Louis man who was convicted and imprisoned for sodomizing a seven-year-old boy, has officially been found to be a "sexually violent predator," Attorney General Chris Koster announced yesterday. That means Gardner will be committed to the Sex Offender Rehabil ... More >>
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March 21, 2013
Contraception: Tim Jones Still Fighting Birth Control Mandate After Ruling, Cites Free Speech
Should employers and insurers in Missouri be allowed to deny coverage of birth control if it violates their religious beliefs? A federal judge, as we reported earlier this week, ruled that they cannot be exempt -- in a decision overturning a Missouri law that directly contradicted President Barack O ... More >>
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March 14, 2013
Meth: Missouri Launches Anti-Smurfing Campaign to Curb Sale of Medicines to Cooks
Missouri, the Meth Capital of the United States, this week launched a campaign against purchasing cold and allergy medicines and selling them to methamphetamine cooks. It's the "anti-smurfing" initiative. "Missouri law enforcement officials will tell you that smurfing is one of the biggest chall ... More >>
Blogs
February 28, 2013
Missouri Scammer Ryan Crowell Spoiled 73 Different Weddings, Says AG Chris Koster
Talk about breaking wedding promises. For a whopping total of 73 Missouri couples, what were supposed to be the happiest occasions of their lives soon turned into complete nightmares. That's all thanks to Ryan Crowell, an accused scammer who was ordered yesterday to pay more than $130,000 after me ... More >>
Blogs
October 16, 2012
Butcher Shop That Packaged Beef Hearts as "Ground Beef" Settles with State for $50k
This just in from Attorney General Chris Koster's office: The state has settled with John's Butcher Shoppee, a meat processor in Overland and Festus sued by the government in June 2011 for passing off heart muscle as "ground beef" and "sausage."
Blogs
September 25, 2012
Who's the "Imposter"? Chris Koster or Nonprofit Behind Attack Ad?
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster cannot be trusted. That's the gist of a television ad entitled "The Imposter" that began airing last week across the state. See also: Missouri Democrats Unhappy With Koster's Brief Over Health CareEd Martin Pledges to Thwart Obamacare From His "First Minute in ... More >>
Blogs
July 26, 2012
Attention: AG Chris Koster Will Not Give You One Million Dollars
You may receive a letter from Attorney General Chris Koster in the near future announcing that you've won $1 million (or some other large amount of money), but you have to pay your taxes on it first, in accordance with Missouri law. Or maybe the letter comes from the FBI, or the Department of Justic ... More >>
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July 11, 2012
Ed Martin's Pledge to Thwart Obamacare From His "First Minute in Office": Will It Resonate?
Tea Party darling and GOP candidate for attorney general Ed Martin just released this new TV spot, which begins: "Almost 30 states filed lawsuits to stop Obamacare. Not Missouri. Our attorney general sat it out." That's technically true, but slightly misleading.
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June 1, 2012
Proportionally More Blacks than Whites Pulled Over While Driving in Missouri
Attorney General Chris Koster today released the Missouri Vehicle Stops Report, which breaks down the total number of traffic stops, vehicle searches and arrest rate by race. The report also calculates what's called "the disparity index," which releates each racial group's total proportion of traffi ... More >>
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May 16, 2012
Skechers "Shape Ups": As If They Weren't Ridiculous Enough, Now This...
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster and his counterparts in 43 other states reached a $40-million settlement today with with Skechers USA over how the company marketed its Shape-Ups, Tone-Ups, and the Skechers Resistance Runner athletic shoes. "We have alleged that Skechers made health-relat ... More >>
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May 14, 2012
Rams Dome Proposal: Pop-Top Stadium, Glass Wall and No Price Tag
Attorney General Chris Koster released the St. Louis Rams' proposal for bringing the Edward Jones Dome into the "first tier" of NFL stadiums. It's a 39-page document that gets into the nitty-gritty of electrical wiring, media toilets and an innovative roof design that reminds me of the sunroof on th ... More >>
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April 3, 2012
AG Chris Koster Helps Bust Disabled Parking Spot Sneaks
This past weekend, Attorney General Chris Koster worked with police from numerous St. Louis County Police departments to issue citations to able-bodied people who parked in handicapped-accessible parking spaces.On Saturday, 74 people in law-abiding communities such as Chesterfield, Creve Coeur, Des ... More >>
Blogs
March 30, 2012
The Big (Tobacco-Related) Threat to Missouri's Budget You've Probably Never Heard Of
Is anybody in America more hospitable to small tobacco companies than the Show-Me State? Not only do we levy the lowest cigarette tax in the entire nation (a paltry 17 cents per pack). Our legislature is the only one that forces Big Tobacco to cough up payments for smoking-related health co ... More >>
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February 23, 2012
Attorney General Wants to do $3.2 Million of Sprucing Up
Attorney General Chris Koster wants to use some of that sweet penalty money he's collected prosecuting consumer fraud cases on behalf of the people of Missouri to jazz up his staff offices. He's proposed receiving $3.2 million to replace cubicles and carpet, raise the ceiling on two floors of the ... More >>
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February 7, 2012
Missouri Grand Jury Hands Up Major Indictment Following Robo-Signing Scandal
The nation's foreclosure crisis has officially entered its newest chapter -- criminal allegations against the various players involved -- and Missouri is playing a leading role. Last Friday a Boone County grand jury handed up a 136-count indictment accusing an Georgia foreclosure-services c ... More >>
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December 12, 2011
Attorney General Sues Gridiron Fantasy Sports; Company Operated in Chesterfield
Dustin Ashby ran fantasy leagues while working as UMSL's golf coach.Attorney general Chris Koster today filed suit against Dustin Ashby, a former golf coach at University of Missouri - St. Louis, and his company, Gridiron Fantasy Sports, for allegedly defrauding Missouri consumers by failing to p ... More >>
Blogs
November 16, 2011
What Are Missourians Required to Do When Faced With Jerry Sandusky-Style "Horseplay"?
image viaSay Mike McQueary had stumbled on Jerry Sandusky engaging in "horseplay" (as Sandusky described it to Bob Costas on Monday night) with a ten-year-old boy in a shower in Columbia instead of State College. Forget questions of moral obligation versus moral cowardice. Would our hypotheti ... More >>
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November 16, 2011
Missouri Supreme Court to Strip Club Owners: "Tough Titties!"
Justices uphold Missouri's nudity ban for strip clubs.The Missouri Supreme Court yesterday handed strip club owners yet another loss in their legal fight to overturn a sweeping law regulating "adult-oriented businesses." The law passed in 2010 prohibits exotic dancers from displaying their genita ... More >>
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October 19, 2011
Judgment Awarded Against Suspect Charity Aiding Joplin Tornado
Photo: Albert SamahaThe Joplin tornado leveled the town and killed more than 160 people.Here's an update to a story we originally reported on back in July. Yesterday, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced that his office had received a consent judgment against Puerto Rico-based charity ... More >>
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July 21, 2011
Missouri Sues Dubious Charities Collecting Money for Joplin
crowdrise.com/JoplinMissouriTornadoAlivio Foundation has raised more than $9,700 online for Joplin, but where is the money?Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced today that he's filed suit accusing two alleged charities of defrauding donors who thought they were helping victims of the J ... More >>
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July 14, 2011
Family Members Tried to Keep Dead Woman's Gifts From Charity, Says Missouri AG
This story isn't quite as sexy as the artork here, but, well, you try finding art for this subject.When Mary Geldmacher of Sunset Hills died in 2009, she left much of her estate to charity. According to Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster, the gifts to benefit lung disease research and the Ope ... More >>
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July 8, 2011
Tornado Victims Defrauded by Towing Company, AG Says
Albert SamahaAttorney General Chris Koster says a towing company's been taking advantage of the situation in Joplin.Sometimes, natural disasters bring out the best in people. But Attorney General Chris Koster alleges just the opposite of a Parkville, Missouri, based towing company. Koster claims ... More >>
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May 9, 2011
Missouri Families Win Lawsuit vs. Neighbors: 200,000 Hogs, Tons of Fly-Covered Pig Poop
Who wouldn't want a few hundred thousand of these as neighbors? A corporate hog producer was ordered Friday to pay a total of $1.95 million to twelve families in southwestern Missouri who complained that odors and flies from the company's pig farm ruined their properties and way of life.According ... More >>
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April 12, 2011
Missouri Democrats Unhappy With Koster's Brief Over Health Care
Chris Koster: Missouri Democrats are not smiling back.If you haven't heard yet, yesterday Missouri's Democratic attorney general, Chris Koster, filed a friend of the court brief in a Florida lawsuit in which 26 other states attorneys general are suing to block enforcement of the federal health ca ... More >>
Blogs
April 5, 2011
Debt Collection Company Fights Off Missouri AG -- Again
Missouri Attorney General Chris KosterDeception? Unfair practices? The Missouri Court of Appeals' Eastern District says those may be A-OK for a Kansas City debt collection company targeted by Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster.Why? Turns out that, per the court, the statute Koster was using t ... More >>
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December 17, 2010
AG Chris Koster: 'Tis the Season for Online Scamming
Don't let this guy steal your Christmas.Hacktivists! Gawker Attacks! Operation Payback! It's a scary cyberworld out there, and you, too, could be a victim of Internet crime. Especially during this season of light, joy and online credit card information. Luckily, we Missourians have an attorney ... More >>
Blogs
December 3, 2010
Meth Cook Had Mentally Challenged Man Buy Him Pseudoephedrine in Exchange for Sodas
Stephen Munn: Finally, someone defines the term.This is why Missouri, a.k.a. the "Meth Capital of America" needs to make pseudoephedrine a prescription-only drug, according to Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster. Last month a judge in Adair County sentenced Stephen Munn to 12 years in state pr ... More >>
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October 21, 2010
Good News DISH Network Subscribers: Missouri's Attorney General Has Your Back
Your DISH isn't broken, it's just blacked out.Since October 1, Missouri subscribers to DISH Network have been without one of the most popular stations on the local broadcast dial: Fox Sports Midwest. DISH and FSM (which airs the St. Louis Cardinals, Blues and Missouri Tigers) have been in a pissi ... More >>
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October 13, 2010
Missouri Attorney General One of 49 AGs Examining "Robo-Signing" in Foreclosure Process
[Read in robot voice] "Sign form where?"Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has added his name to a group of colleagues from 49 states looking into the foreclosure crisis. At issue is whether or not banks improperly prepared lending paperwork in a procedure known as "robo-signing" the can quic ... More >>
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September 22, 2010
Attorney General Chris Koster Goes After Backpage.com
AG seeks sub HTTP for BDSM. Add Missouri's Chris Koster to the list of attorney generals calling for backpage.com to end its online "adult services" advertisements. Koster fired off a letter to backpage.com yesterday, just a few days after a Clayton attorney sued the classified-ads website claimi ... More >>
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August 18, 2010
Did You Buy an LCD, Flat-Panel TV Between 1999 and 2007? You May Have Been Ripped Off
Did you get snowed?Attorney General Chris Koster announced yesterday that he has filed a lawsuit against the world's leading manufacturers of flat screen LCD panels, alleging a conspiracy to fix the prices of their products. The AG is encouraging Missouri consumers, businesses, or organizations ... More >>
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July 29, 2010
Domestic Violence Center Shut Down for Being a Total Fraud
A Fulton-based resource center for battered women has been ordered by the state to shut down all operations. This shouldn't be terribly difficult since the Battered Mother's Resource Fund (BMRF) never actually did anything anyway. Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster said in a news release ... More >>
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July 9, 2010
AG Chris Koster Crusades for National Day of Prayer on YOUR Behalf, Missouri
http://ago.mo.gov/Koster Prays the Ruling Gets ReversedJoining attorneys general from 28 other states, Missouri AG Chris Koster is now fightin' to keep the National Day of Prayer constitutional. The observance, first established by President George Washington, was put in legal jeopardy last April ... More >>
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June 30, 2010
Attorney General: Condo Poo Poisoning Lake of the Ozarks
E. coli: Shit looks frightening even when it's a stuffed toy.Looking for someone to blame for the E. coli scares at the Lake of the Ozarks? Look no further than the Grandview Condominiums. Today Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced that he's filed a temporary restraining order as part ... More >>
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June 9, 2010
Missouri Attorney General to Google: Tell Us What You Snooped with Street View
Missouri AG office as seen via Street View.Here at Daily RFT Google's Street View is our friend -- especially ever since we crashed the RFT Jet 'Copter 1. Street View allows us to easily capture images of places where news happens and use those pics to illustrate our blog posts. But could it be t ... More >>
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May 3, 2010
Missouri Attorney General: Craigslist Prostitution Ads "As Prominent as Ever"
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced today that he has joined Connecticut and other states in issuing a subpoena to craigslist seeking evidence that the company is fulfilling its public promise to block advertisements for prostitution and other illegal activity, and whether the compan ... More >>
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April 27, 2010
Stacy Griffin-Lowery: Accused of Stealing from Missouri Veterans Commission
Who'd steal from this guy?Attorney General Chris Koster yesterday announced he has filed suit against a former Missouri Veterans Commission accountant for stealing funds from the commission. The lawsuit seeks to recover the stolen funds, which total more than $90,000. Between April 2005 and Ma ... More >>
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April 13, 2010
Missouri Attorney General Sues 10 Firms for Polluting Lake of the Ozarks
Lake of the Ozark's water. So refreshing!Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced today that he is filing suit against ten businesses for violations of the Missouri Clean Water Law. All ten businesses allegedly discharged pollutants into Lake of the Ozarks or its nearby tributaries. The ... More >>
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April 6, 2010
Attorney General Chris Koster Lauds Ruling in Favor of Corporate Hog Farm
Have a problem with me? Call your state rep.Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is pleased today with a ruling in the Western District Court of Appeals in his favor. In short, the court today agreed with the attorney general that a county judge overstepped her authority in 2008 when she revoke ... More >>
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March 24, 2010
Peter Kinder Grandstands on Health Care, Joins Lawsuit to Stop Reform
Kinder: That's prounounced "KIN-der" not "KIND-er".Moments after the health care reform bill was signed into law yesterday, Missouri Lt. Governor Peter Kinder announced he would join the attorneys general in 13 other states in signing a lawsuit intended to overturn the legislation. In a statement ... More >>
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August 5, 2009
Dios Mios! Abogado General de Misuri a Presentar Website Bilingue
Chris KosterSi. Es la verdad. Forgive me my poor Spanish. But how else to share the news with Daily RFT's huge (ie. "gigante") Spanish-speaking audience that this week Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster will unveil a new bilingual website. Yes, it's true! Koster is holding a press conference ... More >>
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April 30, 2009
Attorney General Chris Koster: Fighting Hard for That Extra 48 Cents
ago.mo.govThis just in from Chris Koster. The state's attorney general is pleased to announce that his office received payments of $155,768,810.48 in tobacco-settlement money in April. What most impresses me is not the $155 million. It's that we have an attorney general who's willing to fight for th ... More >>
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