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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Obama Afghan strategy winning praise in Missouri

by Brent Martin on December 1, 2009

in Military

It appears President Obama’s strategy for winning the war in Afghanistan is winning over key members of Missouri’s Congressional delegation.

West-Central Missouri Congressman Ike Skelton, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, says President Obama struck the right notes.

“I thought the West Point speech was excellent,” Skelton tells the Missourinet. “The most important part was calling for America to unify against the common enemy.” [click to continue…]

Tagged as: Christopher Bond, Claire McCaskill

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Ethics reform atop stack of issues for 2010 legislature

by Bob Priddy 12/1/09 10:01 PM

Three recent criminal investigations of three members of the legislature appears to have created a climate for ethics reform at the state Capitol.

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Missourians beginning to lose federal COBRA subsidies

by Bob Priddy 12/1/09 6:27 PM

A healthcare lobbying organization in Washington says Missourians who’ve been getting federal supplements to pay their COBRA insurance premiums could lose an average of 680-dollars a month soon. The program letting unemployed people register for the supplements runs out at the end of the month. Those who signed up at the start of the program [...]

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Legislature will again consider curbing power of MDFB to issue tax credits

by Steve Walsh 12/1/09 6:06 PM

The first day of pre-filing bills for the coming session of the General Assembly sees a State Senator revisiting an issue near and dear to his heart. Senator Jason Crowell (R-Cape Girardeau) is again attempting to strip the Missouri Development Finance Board (MDFB) of its power to grant tax credits and, instead, to have all [...]

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13 Tigers gain All Big 12 honors

by Bill Pollock 12/1/09 3:17 PM

Three Mizzou football student athletes were named first-team All-Big 12. Senior WR Danario Alexander, senior LB Sean Weatherspoon and sophomore PK Grant Ressel all earned first-team honors, while freshman DE standout Aldon Smith won the league’s defensive freshman of the year award.   In all, 13 Tigers received recognition from the Big 12 coaches.

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