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Friday, April 12, 2013  A Missouri House panel will investigate efforts by the state Department of Social Services to move people off of welfare programs and into federal disability payments.

Thursday, January 19, 2012  An attorney who vouched for the legitimacy of a Chinese artificial sweetener factory says he became aware of concerns about the Chinese site before a deal closed to build a similar plant in rural Missouri.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011  Missouri's top economic development official says it would have been a poor use of taxpayer money to double-check all the claims made by a Chinese company promising to build an artificial sweetener factory in Moberly.

Tuesday, November 01, 2011  The city of Moberly has no plans to pay off $39 million of bonds issued on behalf of a failed artificial sweetener factory.

Thursday, October 27, 2011  Another Missouri legislative committee plans to review the state's involvement with a Moberly business deal that has fallen through.

Thursday, March 24, 2011  Update: Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich said it wasn’t fraud just sloppy record keeping.

Tuesday, October 05, 2010  Missouri has lagged behind other states in identifying employers that avoid taxes and other payments by classifying their workers as contractors.

Wednesday, September 08, 2010  A new state audit chastises Missouri officials for poor oversight and inflated financial benefits on a pair of business tax credits.