by Mike Lear | Feb 20, 2014 | News
The state House has passed measure that would ask voters to change Missouri’s Constitution regarding the powers of a governor to withhold money in the state budget. If approved by voters the proposal would have a governor issue a proclamation to the legislature...
by Mike Lear | Feb 20, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
House Republicans accuse Governor Jay Nixon (D) of turning the effort to replace the state’s only maximum-security psychiatric hospital into a “political football.” Nixon spoke to mental health advocates today at the Capitol that the House Budget...
by Mike Lear | Feb 19, 2014 | Education, News
The House Appropriations Committee on Education has proposed less than half of the $278-million for the foundation formula for K-12 education that Governor Jay Nixon (D) recommended in his budget proposal. The Chairman of that Committee, Representative Mike Lair...
by Mike Lear | Feb 19, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
The first GOP candidate in the 2016 race for Governor says she wants Missouri to become a right-to-work state. “Right to Work” is what supporters call the policy that would bar the practice of making the payment of union dues a requisite of employment....
by Mike Lear | Feb 7, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
Representative Mike Colona (D-St. Louis) says he doesn’t think there is any legal question about the executive order filed by the governor regarding same-sex joint state tax filings. A fellow lawmaker, Representative Nick Marshall (R-Parkville), has filed two...
