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Gov.’s Christmas message reflects on strength in hardship
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Gov. Jay Nixon and his wife Georganne delivered their annual Christmas message to the state on Friday, praising the generosity of the state’s residents during a catastrophic year. “As we reflect on this past year in Missouri, the themes of faith and helping those in need have been very much on [...]
By Gordon Smith As the debate rages in Washington, DC over auctioning free and local broadcast television airwaves for fee-based wireless broadband applications, one of the questions being pondered is, “What’s the highest and best use of this valuable resource?” The answer is: “It depends whom you ask.” If you queried the residents of Joplin, [...]
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BY RON RICHARD Missouri State Senator Representing Joplin JOPLIN, Mo. — July 4th is a special day to my family and our community. We have always celebrated our nation’s independence with family and friends. Hamburgers and homemade ice cream are on our menu. Everyone brings a lawn chair, cold drinks, sparklers and night fireworks. This [...]
Continue reading …Commentary: Broad business coalition seeks to stop the largest employer tax increase in Missouri history
June 12, 2011 3 CommentsBy Ray McCarty In the final days of the 2011 legislative session, a broad coalition of business organizations including Associated Industries of Missouri, the National Federation of Independent Businesses, Associated Builders and Contractors, Associated General Contractors of Missouri, Missouri Retailers Association, Missouri Grocers Association, Missouri Merchants and Manufacturers Association and others, made numerous phone calls [...]
Continue reading …By Ryan Rowden The debate in the U.S. Senate on efforts to impose new taxes on the country’s five largest oil companies was fascinating and disturbing. It was fascinating because partisan politics always is. And it was disturbing to see these American companies portrayed as voracious ogres taking from consumers and giving back nothing in [...]
Continue reading …Dear Missouri Farmers Union members and friends of family farmers, (Don’t forget that clicking on the underlined blue text in this email leads to related news items posted on reputable websites.) Most corn is planted here in NWMO. Calving is all but over. Soybean planting is under way, but thanks to cool weather it looks [...]
Continue reading …Three professors at Southern Illinois University have started the post flood conversation with a well publicized letter to President Obama. The professors would like the Birds Point Levee breech to remain open, turning some of the most productive farmland in the world into a wetland. Those of us who remember the great flood of 1993 [...]
Continue reading …Opinion column by Senator Mike Kehoe, 6th Senate District As a newly elected member of the Missouri Senate, I’ve become involved in some fascinating public policy issues. Most notably, I am the Senate sponsor of legislation that would enable Missouri to obtain a site permit for a second nuclear power plant at the [...]
Continue reading …SPENDING RESTRAINT, NOT TAX INCREASES By Garrett Hawkins On cold winter mornings it is tempting to press the snooze button on the alarm clock and stay in bed a few extra minutes. I am guilty of it every now and then. As a nation, though, we have not only hit the snooze button on our [...]
Continue reading …Right-to-work (for less) equals a decline in wages and benefits for all workers Jefferson City —Figures do not lie. In his opening address, the President Pro Tem of the Senate, my Republican colleague Rob Mayer of Dexter, states “Unemployment is lower in the 22 states – 6 of them our neighbors – that have adopted [...]
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