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		<title>Sewer backups, stormwater regs put city in a bind</title>
		<link>http://blog.columbiabusinesstimes.com/300937/2011/02/10/sewer-backups-stormwater-regs-put-city-in-a-bind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A large crowd showed up to the Boone County Commission chambers Wednesday night to discuss a dirty topic: sewer overflows and their connection with recent stormwater regulations mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency. A three-person panel of Bill Weitkemper, Columbia sewer superintendent; Karen Miller, Boone County southern district commissioner; and Ken Midkiff, conservation chair of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State tax credit trims not enough to stop higher ed cuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 22:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recommendations from the Missouri Tax Credit Review Commission could save the state $220 million annually, but they are still not enough to stave off big cuts to higher education funding, said commission member Craig Van Matre. Missouri has 61 tax credit programs, and since 1998, total tax credit redemptions have grown by an average of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missouri ranked 16th in business tax climate index</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 23:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tax Foundation, a think tank that researches U.S. tax policy, ranked Missouri the state with the 16th best business tax climate. The paper accompanying the annual index notes that, in terms of attracting and retaining businesses: &#8220;State lawmakers are right to be concerned about how their states rank in the global competition for jobs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>P&amp;Z recommends against new commercial zoning on Grindstone</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Planning and Zoning Commission had different ideas than the Planning Department Thursday night, diverging from staff&#8217;s recommendation and voting against a proposed rezoning on Grindstone Parkway across from the Walmart center. The request by Red Oak Investment Company, owned in part by Hugh Stephenson and his son Ted Stephenson as well as Robert Smith, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TDDs get more harsh words from state auditor</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Missouri State Auditor&#8217;s office released its third comprehensive audit of Transportation Development Districts Wednesday. Each audit since the first, conducted in 2006 by then-State Auditor Claire McCaskill, has been critical of the districts. State auditor Susan Montee&#8217;s office again raised concerns that professional services (i.e. legal counsel, engineering and bond underwriting) were not competitively [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nixon once again calls for campaign finance limits</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Rosenbaum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Gov. Jay Nixon&#8217;s office announced a conference call on ethics legislation, it wasn&#8217;t unreasonable to expect that the first-term governor would call for campaign finance limits. After all, Nixon has been an advocate for the limited system for quite some time. He has commonly cited his experience arguing for limits in front of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Killer Tofu</title>
		<link>http://blog.columbiabusinesstimes.com/300493/2009/12/16/killer-tofu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Rosenbaum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It doesn&#8217;t take too much time lurking around the Missouri Capitol to notice gobs and gobs of food at almost every turn. It&#8217;s type of thing that would make Oliver Twist faint with pleasure. OK, that analogy may be hyperbolic. But on an almost daily basis while the General Assembly is in session, lobbyists and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UM Hospital gets hit by governor&#8217;s budget cuts</title>
		<link>http://blog.columbiabusinesstimes.com/300433/2009/11/02/um-hospital-gets-hit-by-governors-budget-cuts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Rosenbaum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The big news out of Jefferson City last week involved Gov. Jay Nixon&#8217;s announcement of more budgetary cuts made in the face of declining state revenues. As noted in a story for the CBT, the cuts included the elimination of hundreds of state government positions. But the restrictions totaling roughly $204 million also included cuts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CBT Business Calendar: The Week Ahead</title>
		<link>http://blog.columbiabusinesstimes.com/300398/2009/10/19/cbt-business-calendar-the-week-ahead/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.columbiabusinesstimes.com/300398/2009/10/19/cbt-business-calendar-the-week-ahead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Jefferson City this afternoon, Gov. Jay Nixon, Columbia Mayor Darwin Hindman and other public officials will take part in the dedication of a new renewable energy  project. Landfill gas from the Jefferson City Landfill is captured and piped to the generation facility next to the City Correctional Center, where it is used to generate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McCaskill forum stirs health care passions</title>
		<link>http://blog.columbiabusinesstimes.com/300315/2009/08/27/mccaskill-forum-stirs-health-care-passions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Rosenbaum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fight over altering the nation&#8217;s health care system made a stop yesterday in Jefferson City. Federal legislators have been wrestling with legislation that would make big changes to the way health care works in this country. The most talk about plan includes setting up a government-run program that would provide health insurance to potentially [...]]]></description>
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