by admin | Nov 30, 2010 | Politics / Govt
Missouri could save more than $200 million a year if the legislature adopts the recommendations of the Tax Credit Review Commission. The Tax Credit Review Commission bottom line: to save $220 million eliminate 28 tax credits and scaled back 32. Commission Co-Chairman...
by admin | Nov 17, 2010 | Business, Politics / Govt
A special commission reviewing the state’s tax credits suggests caps to keep the credits from further straining a shrinking state budget. Budget cuts don’t mesh well with tax give-a-ways, placing the state’s growing tax credit programs directly in...
by admin | Oct 25, 2010 | News
An improvement in state revenue has eased budget pressure for the current fiscal year, but Governor Nixon predicts another lean budget next year. A surge in corporate income and franchise tax collections boosted state revenue, making it less likely Governor Nixon will...
by admin | Sep 12, 2010 | Politics / Govt
State lawmakers return this week for the annual Veto Session, not a special legislative session. That occurred earlier. Some state lawmakers question whether that special session could have waited until this week and whether it was needed at all. Sen. Jim Lembke, a...
by admin | Sep 2, 2010 | Politics / Govt
Gov. Nixon has named nine people, from a variety of backgrounds, to help him choose the next director of the Department of Natural Resources. DNR Director Mark Templeton has resigned to become executive director of the trust fund making payments to those financially...
