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Missouri House Speaker refuses to raise taxes to fix veterans’ homes funding crisis
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Saying that taking care of Missouri veterans is his top priority, Speaker of the House Steve Tilley said he has entered into talks with Gov. Jay Nixon on ways to increase funding for veterans. “There’s nothing more important than taking care of our veterans and our veterans’ homes,” Tilley told reporters [...]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri House of Representatives Wednesday gave preliminary approval to a piece of last summer’s failed economic development bill. On a voice vote, the House adopted a bill that would grant state and local tax exemptions on items related to data storage centers and server farm facilities. The tax breaks would apply [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – After a relatively short debate, the Missouri Senate voted 25 to 8 Tuesday in favor of a bill that would set Missouri’s workplace discrimination standards back nearly 50 years. The bill, which now heads to the House of Representatives, would change the definition of workplace discrimination to put it back in [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Gov. Jay Nixon is back peddling this week, amending his proposed budget to add an additional $40 million higher education. Missouri’s public colleges and universities still face cuts in 2013, but they will be less than the $106 million the governor proposed cleaving from their operating budgets during his state of [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Cole County circuit court judge Dan Green has ruled that a new congressional district map drawn by the state legislature is constitutional. The judge’s ruling comes after three days of hearings where challengers to the map argued that several districts across the state did not meet the state constitution’s definitions that [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Without a single vote, the Missouri Senate Thursday took initiative in denying several gubernatorial appointments while forcing Gov. Jay Nixon’s choice for director of the Department of Economic Development to resign rather than be forced out. The unprecedented action, actually a lack of action, forced the governor to retract the nominations [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Although they are vastly outnumbered, a number of Democratic state senators filibustered all day Wednesday to block the preliminary passage of a bill that would make it more difficult for Missouri workers to prove they’ve been discriminated against in the workplace. The bill, which Republican majority leaders have called one of [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Capitol Police have launched an investigation after several Democratic state senators’ offices were defaced with stickers depicting rifle crosshairs. The bright orange stickers were found on the doors and exterior walls of offices belonging to several lawmakers, including Sen. Jolie Justus, D-Kansas City, who first brought the issue to her [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Missouri House committee has given its approval to the latest version of legislation that would require citizens to carry photo identification with them at the polls. The House Committee on Elections voted 7-3 in favor of moving a bill sponsored by Rep. Shane Schoeller, R-Willard, which would require voters to [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – In an effort to mirror the way citizens elect the president and vice president, a pair of Missouri state senators have introduced legislation that would require Missouri’s governor and lieutenant governor to be elected jointly. On Monday, the Senate elections committee held its first hearing on a set of bills that [...]
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