by admin | Dec 16, 2003 | News
A Republican leader in the Missouri House defends budget numbers much rosier than those released by the Governor’s office. House Budget Committee Chairman CarlBearden of St. Charles defends his projection of a state budget balanced at best – $150-Million...
by admin | Dec 9, 2003 | Crime / Courts, Education
In a unanimous decision, the State Supreme Court has ruled against a group of school districts which had launched a lawsuit over Governor Bob Holden’s right to withhold money that had previously been appropriated to public education. Attorney General Jay Nixon,...
by admin | Dec 9, 2003 | News
The state’s plan to collect fees from non-union memberrs of unionized state agencies has run into a roadblock in the State Legislature. At its root, it’s a question of what state law allows and whether the Office of Adminsitration is trying an end run...
by admin | Dec 5, 2003 | Politics / Govt
A state official has reportedly been asked to resign possibly because of a campaign donation. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Governor Holden has asked the Executive Director of the Missouri Commission on Human Rights, Donna Cavitte, to resign. The request comes...
by admin | Dec 5, 2003 | Politics / Govt
Missouri Republicans are jumping on the controversy involving an aide to presidential candidate Richard Gephardt allegedly threatening two public employee unions that an effort might be launched to rescind Governor Bob Holden’s executive order allowing state...