by Mike Lear | Jan 22, 2014 | News
A state legislator is being credited with saving a life this afternoon, though if you ask him the credit isn’t his. After the State of the Judiciary Address wrapped up in the House of Representatives, hundreds of people filed into the 3rd Floor Rotunda of the...
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 | May 13, 2013 | News
The Governor says the priorities of legislative Republican leadership are “out of whack.” Governor Jay Nixon (D) is critical of the state legislature’s approval of proposals to cut individual and corporate income taxes and repeal a tax break for...
by Mike Lear | May 3, 2013 | News
The state House has approved a supplemental budget bill that would use higher-than-expected state revenue to pay for some state facilities’ needs. The state budget director says revenue collections are up 11.2 percent compared to this time last year and 27.4...
by Mike Lear | Mar 5, 2013 | News
The state House Committee preparing a more than $1 billion bond proposal will consider the first on-the-record list of projects that might support, next week. In its hearing today it was announced that Representative Lincoln Hough (R-Springfield) will offer that list....
