by Mike Lear | Jun 16, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
House Republican leaders accuse Governor Jay Nixon (D) of using fear tactics and overblown numbers in his assessment of the ten tax break bills he vetoed last week, but they don’t yet know if their party will seek to overturn his vetoes. Nixon says those ten...
by Mike Lear | May 12, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
The Majority Floor Leader in the House says the chamber’s Democrats have already had what they say they want, before they will vote for a transportation sales tax increase. House Minority Leader Jake Hummel (D-St. Louis) told Missourinet that his caucus wants a...
by Mike Lear | May 12, 2014 | Business, News
There will be no legislative action regarding the sale of Tesla automobiles in Missouri at least until Tuesday. The state House did not take up the legislation to which the Senate added language that would bar the sale of vehicles by manufacturers directly to...
by Mike Lear | Apr 30, 2014 | News
The House sponsor of a proposed sales tax increase to support transportation says he plans to take up the three-fourths-of-a-cent tax proposal passed by the Senate, and try to get it passed in the House. If the House approves that proposal without any changes, it...
by Mike Lear | Apr 24, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
House Republican leaders say they remain committed to seeing the state mental hospital at Fulton replaced this year, no matter what happens with the tax cut proposal they sent to Governor Jay Nixon (D) last week. A gathering of those with an interest in the future of...