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Payola, in the music industry, is the name given to the illegal practice of paying a commercial radio station to play a song without the station disclosing the payment. Under U.S. law, a radio station must disclose songs they were paid to play on the air as sponsored airtime. [ 1 ]
According to the American Immigration Council, a group that advocates for "a fair and just immigration system," Missouri had 252,400 immigrant residents in 2022, which was about 4% of the ...
Although Missouri is over a thousand miles from the nation’s southern border, some state lawmakers have introduced legislation aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration.
An incoming Missouri lawmaker has introduced a bill which would offer citizens a “bounty” for turning in illegal migrants. State Sen.-elect David Gregory, a Republican recently elected to ...
Among many changes in terminology, "removal" superseded "deportation" in 1996 following the enactment of Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Aside from the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, there was no applicable deportation law in the United States until an 1882 statute specifically geared towards ...
In September 1990, Isgro and two other defendants were prosecuted for 57 counts of payola-related offenses, including racketeering, mail fraud, money laundering and obstruction of justice. The case was dismissed by federal Judge James M. Ideman on grounds of "outrageous government misconduct."
Missouri state Sen. Bill Eigel campaigns for governor in Lee’s Summit. Former President Donald Trump endorsed Eigel, Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe and Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft in the race.
The illegal practice of payment or other inducement by record companies for the radio broadcast of recordings on commercial radio in which the song is presented by a DJ as being part of the normal day's broadcast became known in the music industry as "payola". The first major United States Senate payola investigation occurred in 1959 ...