http://kbia.org en http://kbia.org/post/newscast-july-31-2012-0 <p>Regional news coverage from the KBIA&nbsp;newsroom, including:</p><ul><li>Mo. Supreme Court throws out caps on medical malpractice</li><li>State Supreme Court upholds fiscal notes for ballot initiatives</li><li>USDA releases crops progress report</li><li>Columbia Airport adds flights to Atlanta</li></ul> Tue, 31 Jul 2012 23:05:23 +0000 Rehman Tungekar 18524 at http://kbia.org http://kbia.org/post/state-supreme-court-upholds-fiscal-notes-ballot-initiatives The Missouri Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to the authority of the state auditor to write financial summaries for ballot initiatives.<p>Opponents of three initiatives - a cap on interest rates for payday loans, an increase in the minimum wage, and an increase in the state tobacco tax - alleged that <a href="http://www.moga.mo.gov/statutes/C100-199/1160000175.HTM">the section of Missouri&#39;s election law</a> requiring the financial summaries violated the state constitution by imposing duties on the auditor that were "not related to the supervising and auditing of the receipt and expe Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:50:32 +0000 Marshall Griffin 18505 at http://kbia.org State Supreme Court upholds fiscal notes for ballot initiatives