Gil Meche threw 63 pitches in a bullpen session on Sunday and everything went as planned. Meche has been bothered by stiffness in his shoulder and neck. If he recovers and has no set backs from this bullpen, he’ll be scheduled to make his first regular season start on April 9th.
Happy birthday for Blues’ Tkachuk
March 29, 2010 By
Barrett Jackman goes down to block an Oilers' shot (UPI, Bill Greenblatt)
Blues veteran forward Keith Tkachuk scored his first goal in 15 games at 7:36 of the third period on his 38th birthday as the Blues edged the Edmonton Oilers 2-1 at Scottrade Center to remain in the playoff hunt.
Senate won’t order governor to issue proclamation
March 28, 2010 By
A seemingly benign request that the state honor the people who work in local government has become a debate about the basic structure of government. The bill would have required the Governor to issue a proclamation every year designating the first week of May as “Local Government Week” in Missouri. [Read more...]
No merger of Parks and Conservation
March 28, 2010 By
One of the most popular suggestions from the public for changing state government has been a merger of the state parks division with the Conservation Department. That is unlikely to happen.
The goal of the ‘Rebooting Missouri” effort in the state Senate is to reduce spending from the state’s general bank account. But moving the Parks Division from the Department of Natural Resources to Conservation would save little because the state parks program is mostly financed with a state sales tax and DNR’s money comes from another sales tax plus hunting and fishing license fees. [Read more...]
Gov. Nixon says more budget cuts will be needed
March 28, 2010 By
Governor Nixon appreciates the work of the House on the $23 billion dollar state budget, but says more work will be needed in the Senate for the budget to balance.
Nixon says the House took some solid steps in dealing with the tax revenue shortfall, but the legislature isn’t at the finish line yet. The House cut $224 million from the budget Nixon submitted. Nixon has since revised his revenue estimate and stated $500 million must be cut from that budget. Nixon won’t agree with House leaders that they have approved a balanced budget.
“I appreciate what they’ve done to move the process forward,” Nixon says. “I think that looking at what the revenues are going to come in I do believe that the Senate is going to have to cut more, not only that $300 million, but some other resources. The $300 million they put in the budget, we don’t have.”
