by Mike Lear | May 8, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
Governor Jay Nixon (D) has issued a statement on the legislature’s passage Thursday of its proposed Fiscal Year 2015 budget. Nixon says lawmakers followed his lead in offering more support for individuals with developmental disabilities and helping more people...
by Mike Lear | May 8, 2014 | Legislature, News
The state House and Senate have approved a $26.3-billion operating budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. The proposal goes to Governor Jay Nixon (D) for his consideration the day before the legislature’s deadline. Legislators based their spending...
by Mike Lear | May 7, 2014 | Legislature, News
The state legislature is asking Missouri voters whether the Constitution should be changed to provide a stronger right to bear arms. The legislature has sent to the November ballot a proposal to define the right to bear arms in Missouri as “unalienable”...
by Mike Lear | May 5, 2014 | Legislature, News
Selected representatives and senators will meet in conference this week to work out differences between the two chambers’ budget proposals. House Budget Committee Chairman Rick Stream (R-Kirkwood) says he doesn’t expect any major hangups between the two...
by Mike Lear | May 1, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
Governor Jay Nixon (D) has laid made good on his threat to veto tax cut legislation, and says it is the only thing only thing that will prevent Missouri public schools from losing hundreds of millions of dollars. Nixon cites the Missouri School Boards Association...