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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is allocating $1.8 million in grant assistance to investigate crimes that victimized children during the pandemic, restoring funding for an initiative included in the broader 2021 bill that he vetoed in July for technical reasons.
Springfield News-Leader JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Mike Parson signed a slew of bills into law Tuesday, including one that reforms a state loan program designed to lower utility costs and lessen climate impact. The legislation, House Bill 697, will strengthen protections for borrowers and businesses that use the Property Assessed Clean Energy program, which a ProPublica investigation this year found put homeowners in majority-Black neighborhoods at risk of losing their homes. Weeks after its publication, a bill reforming the program, sponsored by Rep. Bruce DeGroot, a Republican from Ellisvil...
ProPublica Lawmakers approved consumer protections and oversight to PACE loans that have disproportionately burdened borrowers in Black neighborhoods. A legislative measure that would add consumer protections and oversight to programs that make high-interest “clean energy” loans in Missouri will go to the governor for his signature, after the state House on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to pass it. A ProPublica investigation found the programs disproportionately burden borrowers in predominantly Black neighborhoods. The House voted 137-12 on the proposal, with two members voting “pre...
This story was originally published by ProPublica. A legislative measure that would add consumer protections and oversight to programs that make high-interest “clean energy” loans in Missouri will go to the governor for his signature, after the state House on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to pass it. A ProPublica investigation found the programs disproportionately burden borrowers in predominantly Black neighborhoods. The House voted 137-12 on the proposal, with two members voting “present.” The The measure would require that residential Property Assessed Clean Energy programs be ...
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