by Mike Lear | Nov 14, 2012 | News
An informal House Committee hearing has raised a question of whether the Department of Revenue’s fee office bidding process has an illegal flaw. The Department uses a competitive bidding process that replaced the earlier “patronage” system, under...
by Mike Lear | Sep 11, 2012 | Business, News
The House Committee that last year dug into the failed Mamtek deal at Moberly will now turn its attention to one of the incentive programs administered by the Department of Economic Development. Representative Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson City) says work by the Committee...
by Mike Lear | May 17, 2012 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
A House-Senate Committee could be next to consider a package containing a number of measures related to religious objections to abortions and birth control. The measure contains several proposals that have been heard earlier in the session. One would prevent employers...
by Mike Lear | Apr 27, 2012 | News, Politics / Govt
The House has passed another omnibus bill with several agriculture provisions. The greatest amount of debate focused on what it means to have a “right to farm.” The package includes a provision that would exempt farms from new state or local regulations...
by Mike Lear | Apr 26, 2012 | Business, News, Politics / Govt
Two pieces of legislation have advanced in the House that stem from what has been learned about the failure of the Mamtek sugar refinery project in Moberly. Both were offered by the representative who chaired the committee that studied that deal, Jay Barnes...
