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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The number of candidates filing for state office in Missouri in 2012 marked a continuing trend of political involvement since 2008. The filing period for candidates wanting to appear on the August primary ballot came to an end this week, with total of 576 candidates submitting the necessary paperwork to seek [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Gov. Jay Nixon has broken ground for a new bridge that should help the flow of passenger rail traffic across the state. The new bridge on the Union Pacific rail lines across the Osage River east of Jefferson City will alleviate the last bottleneck along the line between Jefferson City and [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – For the first time this year, the Missouri Senate has voted to override a veto from Gov. Jay Nixon. In a 24 to 9 vote, the GOP dominated chamber rejected the Democratic governor’s veto of a workers’ compensation overhaul. The legislation, a priority for state Republicans and pro-business groups, would prohibit [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Canadian oil pipeline company is coming to Missouri, but it’s not the much-discussed Keystone XL project. Monday night, Enbridge, Inc. of Calgary, Canada announced it was partnering with Houston, Tx. based Enterprise Products LP to lay a pipeline to carry oil across Missouri, in a path running roughly diagonally from [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The House Budget Committee chairman’s idea for putting some money into the state budget for medical services for the blind is on its way to the House floor. Rep. Ryan Silvey, R-Kansas City, sponsors a bill that will take away newspaper’s state and local sales tax exemption for equipment and supplies [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri House Tuesday gave preliminary passage to a $24 billion state spending plan that includes restoration of a $106 million cut to higher education proposed by Governor Nixon. House Budget Committee chairman, Rep. Ryan Silvey, R-Kansas City, said the restoration of the higher education funds “is something for us to [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Republican Gubernatorial candidate Dave Spencer rolled out a slew of endorsements from state GOP lawmakers at the Capitol on Monday. Standing on the steps of the capitol, Spence was flanked by several dozen Republican members of the state House of Representatives, including House Speaker Steve Tilley, R-Perryville, who all announced their [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Gov. Jay Nixon Friday vetoed two pieces of pro-business legislation that Republican lawmakers and Missouri business groups had made a high priority this year. Nixon vetoed House Bill 1219, which would effectively roll back Missouri’s workplace discrimination standards. The legislation seeks to bring Missouri standards on worker discrimination in line with [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.– Nobody knows who said it first, but there’s an old adage in politics that goes, “never argue with a man who buys ink by the barrel.” State Rep. Ryan Silvey doesn’t want to argue with newspaper publishers, he just wants to take away the tax exemption on the ink they buy. It’s [...]
Continue reading …Gov. Nixon and advocates discuss budgets cuts to blind subsidies from the state
March 13, 2012 No CommentMissouri Gov. Jay Nixon and Gretchen Maune, an MU public policy grad student and advocate for the blind, voice their opposition to a state House budget committee’s recent decision to cut $28 million in state subsidies for blind people.
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