by Mike Lear | Sep 12, 2013 | News, Politics / Govt
Governor Jay Nixon has released $215-million dollars out of $400-million he withheld pending the fate of his veto of a tax cut bill. The rest is being held onto while his Budget Director considers the impacts of several issues. The largest amounts of money released...
by Mike Lear | Sep 12, 2013 | News
Vetoes on two key pieces of legislation were not overturned, but House Republican leaders say the veto session was still a victory for their party over Governor Jay Nixon. Those GOP lawmakers say the victory comes in the form of 10 veto overrides. That’s the...
by Mike Lear | Sep 12, 2013 | News
Governor Jay Nixon told Missourians this summer he was freezing $400-million in the state’s Fiscal Year 2014 operating budget pending the outcome of his veto of a tax cut bill, HB 253. Nixon said that bill could result in a hole in the budget of $800-million...
by Mike Lear | Sep 11, 2013 | News
Republicans hold a supermajority in the House, but still need Democrat support to overturn the vetoes of some legislation in the veto session that begins today. The key issue to be debated is HB 253, that would cut Missouri income taxes. Governor Jay Nixon says it...
by Mike Lear | Sep 6, 2013 | News
The House Speaker says the votes aren’t there to overturn the veto of a tax cut bill. That bill’s sponsor says with the veto session looming, there are still “cards yet to be played.” Representative T.J. Berry (R-Liberty) sponsor of a...
