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Ameren Missouri and Westinghouse Electric announce a partnership to build small nuclear power generating units at Ameren’s current nuclear facility in Callaway County Missouri. The announcement April 19 came on the lawn of the Governor’s mansion with Governor Jay Nixon presiding. Speaking for Westinghouse is Vice President Dr.
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The most popular emerging theme from the 2012 legislative session seems to be how the Legislature flexed an underused muscle called independence, rather than kowtowing to the governor on several big issues.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has raised nearly $10 million dollars for his campaign for governor, and still has about $6 million on-hand.Since January, Nixon has raised more than $1.7 million in contributions, according to reports filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission Monday. The high dollar amounts of contributions and money on [...]
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As the battle brews over how to pick the state’s most powerful judges, plans to make them earn their seat on the bench through popular elections narrowly failed in a House committee Wednesday. The House Judiciary Committee voted 7-7 on a plan to elect Supreme and appellate court judges, one vote shy of the majority vote necessary to advance the plan in the Legislature. “I’m disappointed, to say the least,” said bill sponsor Rep
Continue reading …TFA: Tone of Legislature in Respect to Gun Rights has Changed Since Gaining the Majority
April 11, 2012 No CommentPress release from Tennessee Firearms Association ; April 11, 2012: Lt. Gov
Continue reading …Newsletter from Tennessee Citizen Action ; April 9, 2012: CONSTITUTION PRESCRAMBLE: No Access to a Jury for You! What do you do if you’re part of the majority in the state legislature and a bill you passed might run afoul of the state constitution? You scramble to change the Constitution, of course! Last year, Governor Haslam’s “Tennessee Civil Justice Act of 2011″ passed the state legislature and was signed into law. Among other things, this new law established limitations on damages in civil liability cases – also known as $750,000 cap on damages.
Continue reading …Below are edited notes taken during the meeting of the House Public Safety Committee held on Monday, April 9, 2012. It is not a complete transcript of everything that was said.
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In Tennessee the governor’s veto power is so weak there’s usually little point in using it, Gov. Bill Haslam said Monday. “One of the things you have to consider in my deal is it just takes one vote to override a veto,” Haslam told reporters Monday after an event on combating hunger at a Nashville Wal-Mart
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Churches and nonprofits would have an easier time setting up parenting classes for school districts under a bill that passed the Senate Monday 30-0. The bill, SB3606 , encourages school districts to develop and provide these programs for parents by partnering with a range of organizations, such as nonprofit and for-profit groups and community and faith-based organizations. “This would encourage the (school districts) to develop low-cost, or no-cost, parenting classes with community organizations,” said Sen
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