by Mike Lear | May 14, 2013 | Business, News
A House proposal that backers say protects workers’ paychecks has been sent to Gov. Jay Nixon. The bill (SB 29) requires that a worker give permission once a year for a union to take dues out of his or her paycheck, or to use them for political purposes. House...
by Mike Lear | May 13, 2013 | News
The Governor says the priorities of legislative Republican leadership are “out of whack.” Governor Jay Nixon (D)Â is critical of the state legislature’s approval of proposals to cut individual and corporate income taxes and repeal a tax break for...
by Mike Lear | May 10, 2013 | News
Democrats in the state House have defended Governor Jay Nixon’s stance that the budget the legislature has sent him must results in cuts and layoffs, because it doesn’t fully fund the Division of Motor Vehicles. That budget includes only enough funding for...
by Mike Lear | May 8, 2013 | News
Governor Jay Nixon says the recommendation by a House-Senate budget conference committee that the budget for the Division of Motor Vehicles within the Department of Revenue be cut by a third is “unprecedented,” and endangers the state’s fiscal...
by Mike Lear | May 1, 2013 | News
The state House has passed legislation that contains the changes the Governor proposed to a measure to resume collection of taxes on vehicle purchases made out-of-state. Senate Bill 182 would have eliminated state and local use taxes on those vehicles and replaced it...
