Press Releases
| 08-25-2010 |
Treasurer Clint Zweifel now accepting open records request via online application State Treasurer Clint Zweifel (ZWY-ful) announced today he has made available an online Sunshine request application as a one-stop shop for open records request for his administration. Any individual wishing to file a Sunshine request with Treasurer Zweifel’s office can visit www.treasurer.mo.gov/Sunshine/SunshineLawRequest.aspx. “I know government works best when citizens are able to ask questions and get the information they need. My administration is committed to providing an open and transparent view of the government,” Treasurer Zweifel said. “This new online application allows individuals in Missouri to obtain information from my office quickly and easily from their home computer. Gone is the need to send in a slow paper request or search for the needed language. It is all right there in the online request form.” [ Read More ] |
| 08-18-2010 |
Treasurer Clint Zweifel calls for $127 million housing package for Missourians suffering from mental illness State Treasurer Clint Zweifel (ZWY-ful) today called on the Missouri Housing Development Commission to pass a multi-million dollar package to provide housing for Missourians suffering from a mental illness at its meeting on August 20 in Jefferson City. The plan requires no new spending; instead it leverages existing federal and state resources by allocating $127 million, or 33 percent, of affordable housing resources for fiscal year 2011 to create needed housing that tackles mental illness and chronic homelessness. [ Read More ] |
| 08-11-2010 |
Treasurer Clint Zweifel announces $529 College Savings Giveaway starts today at the State Fair State Treasurer Clint Zweifel (ZWY-ful) announced today that 2010 Missouri State Fair attendees will be able to enter a drawing once each day to win a $529 contribution to a MOST - Missouri’s 529 College Savings Plan account.* “The State Fair is a great Missouri tradition and I am pleased we can participate, giving a lucky family a little extra help,” said Treasurer Zweifel, who sponsors the program. “Just like the State Fair, Missourians can be proud of MOST 529 as one of the best plans in the nation. My wife and I use the plan to save for our two daughters.” [ Read More ] |
| 08-11-2010 |
Treasurer Clint Zweifel predicts hundreds to find Unclaimed Property at the Missouri State Fair State Treasurer Clint Zweifel (ZWY-ful) said today that he is expecting hundreds of Missourians to claim Unclaimed Property at the 2010 Missouri State Fair beginning tomorrow. One in 10 Missourians has Unclaimed Property, and more than $600 million is waiting for more than 3.5 million account holders. “Hundreds of Missourians will go home with more money than they came with and we will be getting it back to them faster than ever before,” Treasurer Zweifel said. “School is right around the corner for many families and an average claim of $365 can help a lot.” [ Read More ] |
| 07-07-2010 |
Treasurer Clint Zweifel announces record $35 million in Unclaimed Property returned State Treasurer Clint Zweifel (ZWY-ful) today announced his administration returned a record $35 million in Unclaimed Property to a record 92,000 account holders during fiscal year 2010. "We have put $35 million back into the pockets of Missourians at a critical time," Treasurer Zweifel said. "We do this free of charge and faster than ever before because we know that an average return of $365 can help pay for home repairs, groceries, school supplies or filling up the tank." [ Read More ] |
News Clips
| 07-07-2010 |
Daily Dunklin Democrat: Treasurer announces record $35M in Unclaimed Property returned
State Treasurer Clint Zweifel (ZWY-ful) today announced his administration returned a record $35 million in Unclaimed Property to a record 92,000 account holders during fiscal year 2010. "We have put $35 million back into the pockets of Missourians at a critical time," Treasurer Zweifel said. "We do this free of charge and faster than ever before because we know that an average return of $365 can help pay for home repairs, groceries, school supplies or filling up the tank." [ Read More ] |
| 06-29-2010 |
St. Joseph News-Press: Making the ’MOST’ of funds
As state assistance to public higher education continues on a downward trend, finding ways to save for an increasingly expensive degree becomes more vital. A couple decades ago, state appropriations accounted for 70-plus percent of a university’s operating budget. The percentage has dipped below 50 percent and students are making up the difference in tuition and fees. Despite a couple of years of tuition being held flat across the state, a semester at a public university in Missouri can cost a student $7,000 or more in tuition and room and board. Higher education administrators in Missouri continue to find ways to keep their academic programming afloat while financial commitment from the state decreases. Schools took an appropriations cut of 5.2 percent for the coming school year and likely will face bigger challenges next year. Meanwhile, Missouri ranks near last in per-capita spending on public higher education. State Treasurer Clint Zweifel offered a small glimmer of hope Monday when his office announced reduced expenses in the state’s college savings plan called MOST 529. [ Read More ] |
| 06-17-2010 |
Springfield Business Journal: Investment rules earn state $1 million so far in 2010
New investment rules passed by the Missouri General Assembly in 2009 - led by efforts from State Treasurer Clint Zweifel - have led to an extra $1 million in earnings on investments in the first half of 2010, according to a news release from Zweifel’s office. Prior to the law change, the state’s time deposit investments - similar to certificates of deposit - in Missouri financial institutions were tied to the U.S. Treasury yield, and the state could not receive competitive interest rates. In the past two years, that rate has been as low as 0.20 percent, according to the release. [ Read More ] |
| 06-17-2010 |
St. Louis Globe Democrat: Missouri gets a small boost to budget that could pay big by 2014
Missouri State Treasurer Clint Zweifel reported Thursday that the state will earn an extra $1 million on its investments made in the first six months of 2010. The extra cash came from investment rules passed in 2009. “This legislation will return $15 million extra per year when fully phased in beginning in 2014. The fact we will earn an extra $1 million right off the bat shows the legislation is working for Missourians,” Zweifel said. [ Read More ] |
| 06-15-2010 |
Ozarks Public Radio: Missouri Makes College Savings Easier
Saving for college is difficult for many families, especially in the current economic climate. Missouri is doing what it can, though, to help families save through the Missouri Higher Education Savings Program, or MOST. A new law is making it easier to take advantage of this plan. KSMU’s Adam Murphy reports. Over 123,000 families have accounts with MOST to save for their child’s education. MOST is a tax-advantaged savings plan sponsored by the state of Missouri. State Treasurer Clint Zweifel says the new law will make it easier for families to save money with the plan. [ Read More ] |
| 06-15-2010 |
Show Me Progress: Treasurer Clint Zweifel at Missouri Boys State
On Monday evening Missouri State Treasurer Clint Zweifel addressed Boys State in Hendricks Hall on the campus of the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg: State Treasurer Clint Zweifel (D): ....And I really want to talk to you about the experience of serving. Because one of the things I am most passionate about, for every party and for everyone in this, in, who’s young, is that public service matters. And I want to let you know what a rewarding experience it is to be able to serve. And how good people, and good young people are going to make the difference. And that’s going to be the critical difference upon where Missouri is in the next few decades and where the United States is.... [ Read More ] |
