2007 News Releases

May 2007 News Releases

May 31, 2007

Owner of Smithville headstone business pleads guilty to criminal charges, ordered to repay $20,000 to customers

May 31, 2007

Nixon files appeal against rate increase awarded to Ameren Corporation by Public Service Commission

May 31, 2007

Nixon reaches agreement with ChoicePoint over failure to adequately protect its customers' personal information

May 31, 2007

Nixon makes public the annual report providing statistics on 1.6 million vehicle stops made in Missouri in 2006

May 30, 2007

Nixon sues Kansas City company that scammed small businesses in sale of credit card processing equipment

May 24, 2007

Texas telemarketer selling burial plans over the phone to pay $15,000 for calling Missourians on the No Call list

May 24, 2007

Nixon demands refunds for Missouri consumers scammed by two out-of-state vacuum cleaner businesses

May 24, 2007

Underground storage tank owners not complying with law to protect human health and environment, Nixon says

May 23, 2007

Members of now-closed Springfield health spa who paid fees in advance encouraged to apply for refunds

May 22, 2007

Judge denies DNR motion to intervene in Attorney General's lawsuit against Ameren over reservoir collapse

May 22, 2007

Nixon says rate increase awarded to Ameren Corporation unwarranted, will file appeal

May 22, 2007

Nixon urges Blunt to stand up for Missouri families, veto bill that would hike education costs by raiding MOHELA

May 21, 2007

Bruce Gales and Galez Towing ordered to pay $91,000; judge bars Gales from towing business for 10 years

May 21, 2007

Consumers now receiving furniture they ordered from store in Joplin that closed suddenly, Nixon says

May 21, 2007

Log home construction business must refund consumers' payments for jobs never finished, Nixon demands

May 21, 2007

Man pleads guilty to defrauding St.Louis-area consumers in repair scam; pays $18,000,ordered to pay $42,000 more

May 21, 2007

Webster County jury commits Springfield man as sexually violent predator

May 18, 2007

Nixon meets with Blunt to discuss Taum Sauk issue, announces state will not pursue criminal charges

May 18, 2007

Nixon blasts legislature for again failing to add robo calls to state No Call law

May 17, 2007

Nixon files lawsuit against Higginsville man over multiple open burning violations

May 17, 2007

Nixon files lawsuit to stop pollution from unpermitted sewage lagoon at Cass County subdivision near Belton

May 14, 2007

Nixon moves to protect consumers who paid for but didn't receive furniture from store in Joplin that closed suddenly

May 14, 2007

Southwest Missouri businesses to pay more than $92,000 in latest round of price-gouging settlements with Nixon

May 10, 2007

Developers of Blue Springs subdivision will pay $15,000 for allowing erosion to pollute nearby stream, Nixon says

May 2, 2007

Joplin man who placed fake Special Olympics collections boxes in retail businesses found guilty of fraud

May 1, 2007

Attorney General Nixon to be guest speaker at 20th annual Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Service on May 5

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