by Mike Lear | May 17, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
Democrats were in the vast minority of both chambers of the General Assembly whose last regular session wrapped Friday. They hope to gain more numbers in elections this year, and their leader in the House says they will have help. “I’m very happy to say...
by Mike Lear | May 17, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
Both parties in the state House assessed the regular session of the General Assembly after it wrapped up on Friday in back-to-back media conefrences. Here is the video of those conferences (courtesy Jonathan Lorenz, Missouri House Communications). Republicans:...
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 9, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
The Missouri House Democrats’ leader says they’re angry about the veto override on a tax cut bill, so much so that they won’t vote for a proposed sales tax hike to support transportation if the Republican House Majority doesn’t bring Medicaid...
by Mike Lear | Apr 1, 2014 | Health / Medicine, News
House and Senate leadership have moved quickly to send legislation to Governor Jay Nixon (D) regarding mothers nursing children, in part to honor a House colleague battling liver cancer. Representative Rory Ellinger’s (D-University City) bill completed a...
