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U.S. Rep. Carnahan announces drug treatment bill
— U.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan announced legislation he hopes will help individuals addicted to drugs find accessible treatment. In a news conference Friday morning, Carnahan, D-St. Louis, announced the “Access to Substance Abuse Treatment Act,” a bill that would fund additional law enforcement, health and child services, housing, and transportation in areas challenged by drug [...]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri House of Representatives passed a $24 billion budget Thursday, hours before a constitutional deadline. Lawmakers added funding to elementary and higher education, mental health and social services, while cutting nearly millions from transportation and nearly $10 agriculture spending. Lawmakers had quarreled over how to fund the state’s $30 million [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri House of Representatives approved a constitutional amendment that aims to lessen the influence of attorneys and judges over the state’s judicial selection process. Under the current plan, judges are selected by a commission of three members selected by the governor, three by the Missouri Bar Association, and the Chief [...]
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— White House officials will be in Kansas City next week as part of a new focus by the Obama administration on urban economic development. The administration has scheduled a Kansas City summit, which will take place at the Kauffman Foundation on Tuesday, to address new ways to connect local urban business leaders with local [...]
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COLUMBIA, Mo. — Senator Roy Blunt is continuing to urge lawmakers to support policies that he believes would lower energy costs for Missourians. Blunt visited OATS, a Columbia based transportation service for the elderly, to discuss the impact of rising energy costs on local businesses. “In the Columbia region alone, Oats has had to cancel [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Gov. Jay Nixon held a ceremony Monday lauding Missouri veterans who were injured or wounded while in combat. In his capitol office, Nixon presented Silver Star banners to three mid-Missouri service members, including Ralph Kalberloh, a veteran of World War II from Jefferson City; Dewey Riehn, a Vietnam veteran from Ashland; [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Republicans completed an additional step in their long presidential delegate selection process Saturday, nominating one fourth of their total delegates for presidential hopeful Mitt Romney. While the results are not yet official, the Missouri Republican Party said they bound 12 of the 24 delegates up for grabs to Mitt Romney [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – In her ongoing crusade to save the U.S. Postal Service, Sen. Claire McCaskill has introduced legislation calling for a two-year moratorium on rural post office closures. The move comes as the post office nears the end of a six-month delay that lawmakers won in December to prevent the shuttering of nearly [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — At the scene of any large-scale disaster, it’s not unusual to see fire trucks and firemen from all over the state. But who pays the expenses for a multi-district response? In most cases, each fire department picks up its own tab. But St. Charles Fire Chief Ernie Rhodes said during the [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – As firefighters from across the state journeyed to the state capitol on Tuesday, the actions of firefighters in Joplin last year took center stage. During the firefighters’ annual capitol lobbying day, Joplin Fire Chief Mitch Randles thanked colleagues who responded after last year’s record deadly tornado and praised his own firefighters. [...]
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