by Marshall Griffin | Jan 31, 2024 | Crime / Courts, News
The Missouri Supreme Court has reversed part of a public safety law passed nearly three years ago, ruling that it would create an unfunded mandate for the city of St. Louis. The wide-ranging bill that was signed into law in 2021 contained language requiring the city...
by admin | Dec 22, 2019 | Business, History, News, Transportation
(This is the first story in Brian Hauswirth’s two-part series about Missouri transportation) Legislation that would increase Missouri’s gasoline tax from 17 to 19 cents per gallon has been filed by the Senate Transportation, Infrastructure and Public...
by admin | Oct 3, 2019 | Business, News, Transportation
The state’s lieutenant governor says Missourians will have to decide whether a gasoline tax increase is needed. Missouri’s 17-cent gasoline tax has remained the same since 1996. Last November, voters rejected a proposed ten-cent gas tax increase. At his...
by admin | Feb 27, 2007 | News
A Senate committee hears a proposal aimed at increasing the number of Missourians covered by health insurance. Senator John Loudon of Chesterfield sponsors SB 556 , legislation to expand health care access through what would be called the Missouri Health Insurance...
by admin | Sep 6, 2006 | Politics / Govt
A Jefferson City judge will weigh the evidence and the arguments made in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state’s new requirement that voters display photo identification in order to cast a ballot. Cole County Circuit Judge Richard Callahan combined...
