by admin | May 6, 2004 | News
House Speaker Catherine Hanaway remains confident the Legislature will pass a foster care bill and address the problems disclosed after the death of 2-year-old Dominic James. James died will in the care of state approved foster parents. The legislature responded with...
by admin | May 4, 2004 | Politics / Govt
Governor Bob Holden’s chief opponents in the upcoming election are trying ot make some political hay out of the recent release of state money that had been withheld for nearly a year. Republican Matt Blunt, the Secretary of State, says he’s not angry at...
by admin | May 3, 2004 | Politics / Govt
Governor Bob Holden stands by his decision to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in state funding to schools and several other state programs nearly a year ago. At the time, he called Republican estimates of five percent revenue growth too optimistic. Those...
by admin | May 1, 2004 | News
House Speaker Catherine Hanaway says she is working to find enough votes to override Governor Bob Holden’s veto of litigation reform. She admits that, so far, she hasn’t picked up any. Hanaway says she will press the override attempt, even if it seems...
by admin | Apr 30, 2004 | Politics / Govt
Governor Bob Holden has released $43-Million in state funding to 13 agencies he had withheld since last July. The money goes to a variety of state services including sheltered workshops, firefighter training schools, veterans’ homes, and others. In a news...