http://www.kmov.com/news/broke RSS Feed for KMOV - News - Is This Why We're Broke? en-us Tue, 22 May 2012 12:28:17 GMT 2012-05-22T12:28:17Z en-us http://www.kmov.com/news/broke/American-Disability-checks-cashed-in-other-countries-like-Mexico-Barbados-and-Australia-152357195.html Have you ever met someone who receives a disability check and wondered how they're actually disabled? Tue, 22 May 2012 12:28:17 GMT http://www.kmov.com/news/broke/American-Disability-checks-cashed-in-other-countries-like-Mexico-Barbados-and-Australia-152357195.html 2012-05-22T12:28:17Z http://www.kmov.com/news/broke/Is-This-Why-Were-Broke---After-spending-millions-on-a-squadron-Air-Force-looking-to-shut-it-down-just-2-years-after-it-was-activated-151947385.html $40 million worth of brand new equipment, including a high tech radar tower and it's already in jeopardy of getting shut down. Fri, 18 May 2012 15:38:15 GMT http://www.kmov.com/news/broke/Is-This-Why-Were-Broke---After-spending-millions-on-a-squadron-Air-Force-looking-to-shut-it-down-just-2-years-after-it-was-activated-151947385.html 2012-05-18T15:38:15Z http://www.kmov.com/news/broke/Is-This-Why-Were-Broke---Uncle-Sam-paying-for-home-improvements-for-Jefferson-County-homeowners-151724525.html How would you like a free air conditioner, furnace, windows, doors, and gutters for your home courtesy of taxpayers? Thu, 17 May 2012 12:37:29 GMT http://www.kmov.com/news/broke/Is-This-Why-Were-Broke---Uncle-Sam-paying-for-home-improvements-for-Jefferson-County-homeowners-151724525.html 2012-05-17T12:37:29Z http://www.kmov.com/news/broke/Is-This-Why-we-are-Broke-Federal-Gas-tax-dollars-go-to-St-Charles-Museum-for-Transportation-Exhibit-151545875.html $300,000 for a Transportation exhibit, it sounds nice but with the federal budget in shambles it sounds like a waste. Wed, 16 May 2012 18:51:13 GMT http://www.kmov.com/news/broke/Is-This-Why-we-are-Broke-Federal-Gas-tax-dollars-go-to-St-Charles-Museum-for-Transportation-Exhibit-151545875.html 2012-05-16T18:51:13Z http://www.kmov.com/news/broke/Tough-time-reporting-fraud-after-person-admits-to-abusing-Illinois-Link-card-program-150489315.html An Illinois woman contacted News 4’s Chris Nagus to say she's guilty of welfare fraud and no one from the state of Illinois will take her seriously. Tue, 08 May 2012 22:27:20 GMT http://www.kmov.com/news/broke/Tough-time-reporting-fraud-after-person-admits-to-abusing-Illinois-Link-card-program-150489315.html 2012-05-08T22:27:20Z http://www.kmov.com/news/broke/Going-Green-wastes-green-in-a-St-Charles-County-commuity-138879939.html It is trendy to Go Green, but at what point does going green become a big rip off for taxpayers. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:13:31 GMT http://www.kmov.com/news/broke/Going-Green-wastes-green-in-a-St-Charles-County-commuity-138879939.html 2012-02-08T17:13:31Z http://www.kmov.com/news/broke/More-problems-with-free-cell-phone-program-135634413.html Senator Claire McCaskill is asking the FCC to improve the Lifeline program that provides free cell phones for low income Americans. McCaskill sent this letter to the FCC following concerns over potential fraud and abuse within the program. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:59:52 GMT http://www.kmov.com/news/broke/More-problems-with-free-cell-phone-program-135634413.html 2011-12-15T17:59:52Z http://www.kmov.com/news/broke/More-problems-with-free-cell-phone-program-135556583.html Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:52:00 GMT http://www.kmov.com/news/broke/More-problems-with-free-cell-phone-program-135556583.html 2011-12-14T16:52:00Z http://www.kmov.com/news/broke/Factory-Closes-Tax-Money-Gone--134349398.html It sounded like a great opportunity for new jobs in a small town. In May of 2008 a Minnesota businessman expressed interest in an empty building near the Sullivan, Missouri airport; there were big plans to build an aerosol factory that would... Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:35:25 GMT http://www.kmov.com/news/broke/Factory-Closes-Tax-Money-Gone--134349398.html 2011-11-23T13:35:25Z http://www.kmov.com/news/broke/Criminals-Target-Government-Funded-Cell-Phone-Program-133631468.html Sat, 12 Nov 2011 02:23:45 GMT http://www.kmov.com/news/broke/Criminals-Target-Government-Funded-Cell-Phone-Program-133631468.html 2011-11-12T02:23:45Z