by admin | May 14, 2009 | Politics / Govt
In a rare move, the House adjourned on the next-to-last day of the legislative session at 4:30pm, extremely early as the session winds down from days to hours. House Majority Floor Leader Steve Tilley (R-Perryville) says the House simply ran out of legislation to work...
by admin | May 10, 2009 | Politics / Govt
Missouri lawmakers have one week to accomplish what everyone seemed to agree was the top priority entering this legislative session in January: a jobs bill. Rep. Tim Flook (R-Liberty) has succeeded in pushing another economic development bill through the House, adding...
by admin | May 5, 2009 | News
Economic development was to be the top priority this legislative session; a response to Missouri’s economic downturn. The House sponsor of a jobs bill remains optimistic something will get through in the last week-and-a-half of the session, even though the...
by admin | Apr 30, 2009 | Politics / Govt
It received 97 votes one day in the House and only 68 the next. A $550 million capital improvement plan funded through federal economic stimulus money has been defeated in the House with its ultimate fate now uncertain. House Budget Committee Chairman Allen Icet...
by admin | Apr 14, 2009 | Business
Missouri is losing a major manufacturer and worse, it’s losing hundreds of new jobs. Governor Nixon says the state senate must shoulder much of the blame for the loss of Kokam America, a lithium battery-maker in Lee’s Summit that has fifty workers. He says...
