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Sen. Lauren Arthur, D-Kansas City State Sen. Lauren Arthur returns to Politically Speaking to talk with St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum about the final week of the 2021 legislative session. Arthur is a Democrat who represents a portion of Clay County. She won a special election in 2018, bringing a historically Republican seat into the Democratic column. Arthur won election to a full term in 2020 and will get to serve through the end of 2024, when term limits will prevent her from running again. Here’s what Arthur talked about on the program: Why Senate Democrats did not end up f...

Water leaks in your home cost you money.  According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), small household leaks can add up to gallons of water lost every day.  The EPA reminds everyone to check their plumbing fixtures and irrigation systems each year in March during Fix-a-Leak Week.  According to the EPA, household leaks can waste more than 1 trillion gallons of water a year nationwide.  For example, a leaky faucet dripping at the rate of one drip per second can waste more than 3,000 gallons per year.  That’s the amount of water needed to take more than 180 showers.  A s...

Missouri PSC will not order a moratorium on utility shut offs By Rudi Keller There will be no state-ordered moratorium on utility shut offs this winter, the Missouri Public Service Commission decided Wednesday in a unanimous vote. The five-member commission rejected a call from the Consumers Council of Missouri for a moratorium through March 31 and staff analysis that it had the legal authority to issue a moratorium order. Chairman Ryan Silvey, during discussion of the request, said he struggled with the decision because many people who have never experienced economic hardship in the past h...

3 min to read There will be no state-ordered moratorium on utility shut-offs this winter, the Missouri Public Service Commission decided Wednesday in a unanimous vote. The five-member commission rejected a call from the Consumers Council of Missouri for a moratorium through March 31 and staff analysis that it had the legal authority to issue a moratorium order. Chairman Ryan Silvey, during discussion of the request, said he struggled with the decision because many people who have never experienced economic hardship in the past have been out of work for months because of the pan...