by Mike Lear | May 9, 2014 | News
Former Missouri Governor Joseph P. Teasdale has died in Kansas City from complications of pneumonia, the Kansas City Star Reports. Teasdale was the 48th governor of Missouri, serving from 1977 until 1981. A Democrat, he defeated Republican Governor Kit Bond in 1976...
by Mike Lear | May 8, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
Governor Jay Nixon (D) has issued a statement on the legislature’s passage Thursday of its proposed Fiscal Year 2015 budget. Nixon says lawmakers followed his lead in offering more support for individuals with developmental disabilities and helping more people...
by Mike Lear | May 6, 2014 | Health / Medicine, News
The state legislature appears to be moving forward with Governor Jay Nixon’s (D) plan to fund the rebuilding of Fulton State Hospital. The House-Senate budget conference committee Tuesday morning adopted language for the final legislative budget proposal to pay...
by Mike Lear | May 6, 2014 | News
The state House on Tuesday completed its vote to overturn Governor Jay Nixon’s (D) veto of a tax cut proposal, SB 509, that Nixon says would jeopardize funding for state programs including education, and could even prove to eliminate $4.8-billion in revenue....
by Mike Lear | May 5, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
Efforts to impeach Governor Jay Nixon (D) will not be brought up for a vote in the House Judiciary Committee, its chairman told Missourinet Monday afternoon. Representative Stanley Cox’s (R-Sedalia) committee held two hearings in the last two weeks on three...