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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — About one million voters are forecast to cast ballots in Tuesday night’s statewide primaries, according to data complied by the secretary of state. A number of spirited local races appear to be peaking voters’ interest, but historical data suggest the ballot issue gauging voter support of the nationwide health care plan [...]
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By DICK ALDRICH Missouri News Horizon JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Highway Patrol is taking to the road and the racetrack to campaign against driver texting. The campaign – launched in partnership with NASCAR and the Con-Way Freight trucking company – follows failure to wrest more aggressive laws against the driver texting from legislative [...]
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By DICK ALDRICH Missouri News Horizon JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The state senator who stalled the special legislative session by preventing progress of an economic incentive bill for the state’s automotive industry has been relieved from his position as chairman of a powerful oversight committee. Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, on Monday [...]
Continue reading …Special Session Must Include Wider Industry Considerations, Republicans Say
June 17, 2010 No Comment
By DICK ALDRICH Missouri News Horizon JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – As Gov. Jay Nixon looks for a special legislative session to stimulate in-state auto manufacturing jobs, Republican lawmakers seek to widen the economic development net. As Ford Motor Co. (F) mulls cutting a few thousand workers and closing its manufacturing plant in Claycomo, Mo., other [...]
Continue reading …By DICK ALDRICH Missouri News Horizon JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Using parliamentary procedures to suspend House rules and limit debate, Missouri House Republicans passed a major governmental ethics bill over the strenuous objections of the Democratic minority. “This is the most comprehensive ethics reform bill you’ve seen probably anywhere in the country,” said House Speaker [...]
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