by Mike Lear | Jun 16, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
House Republican leaders accuse Governor Jay Nixon (D) of using fear tactics and overblown numbers in his assessment of the ten tax break bills he vetoed last week, but they don’t yet know if their party will seek to overturn his vetoes. Nixon says those ten...
by Mike Lear | Jun 11, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
Governor Jay Nixon (D) has vetoed ten tax cut bills that he says could have reduced state and local revenues by more than $776-million dollars. Nixon called the bills “secret, sweetheart deals so that the well-connected can pay less, while asking all Missourians...
by Mike Lear | May 26, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
The Senate sponsor of the proposed three-quarters-of-one-cent sales tax increase to benefit transportation doesn’t think it makes much difference that Governor Jay Nixon (D) has put it on the August primary ballot rather than the November ballot. Senator Mike...
by Mike Lear | May 23, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
Governor Jay Nixon (D) has set August 5 as the date for several proposed changes to Missouri’s Constitution, including the three-fourths of one cent sales tax to support transportation that was adopted by the legislature this year. Three other proposed...
by Mike Lear | May 23, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
Governor Jay Nixon (D) will veto legislation that proposed changes regarding Missouri’s 1993 student transfer law. In a statement Nixon announced that he would reject the legislation over concerns that it would allow the diversion of tax money to private schools...
