by admin | Jul 2, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
Republican state Senator Eric Schmitt (R-Glendale) ended months of speculation about his political future Wednesday by declaring his candidacy for the State Treasurer’s office in the 2016 campaign cycle. Schmitt has helped author the major tax cut proposals of...
by admin | Jun 25, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
The chairman of the House and Senate budget committees are asking the Highway Patrol to restrict the use of state-owned aircraft as a cost-saving move, in light of state revenue coming in below projections. The two Republicans raise the issue in continued criticism...
by admin | Jun 25, 2014 | News
Republican budget leaders are slamming Governor Jay Nixon (D) for the actions he has taken with the state budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. They say he is using “inflated” figures to estimate the impact of tax break bills passed on the final...
by admin | May 6, 2014 | News
The House-Senate budget conference committee has adopted most of the additional money for the Children’s Division within the Missouri Department of Social Services that had been proposed by Governor Jay Nixon (D) and the House. The Senate had removed the nearly...
by admin | 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...