by admin | Apr 30, 2013 | News
Key Republicans in the House and the Senate are squaring off over the next state spending plan days before the two chambers will meet in conference to work out their differences on it. House budget makers want to stick to the Consensus Revenue Estimate, an estimate...
by admin | Apr 29, 2013 | News
Conferees from the House and Senate will get together to hammer out differences in the two chambers’ proposed spending plans this week. House leaders say the Senate budget proposal passed a week ago spends more than the House’s, and exceeds the consensus...
by admin | Apr 16, 2013 | News, Politics / Govt
Governor Jay Nixon says he was focused on security and privacy when he made the decision to have the Department of Revenue stop scanning qualification certificates for concealed carry endorsements. When pressed for details on related issues, however, Nixon became...
by admin | Apr 16, 2013 | News, Politics / Govt
The Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman says he’s learned that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms also wanted a list of Missouri concealed carry permit holders’ names, Social Security numbers and dates of birth. Senator Kurt Schaefer...
by admin | Dec 12, 2012 | News
A proposed constitutional amendment has been filed in the Senate that would ask voters to approve almost $1 billion in bonds to use on the state’s infrastructure. Its sponsor, Senator Kurt Schaefer (R-Columbia) says now could be a better time to issue new bonds...
