by [email protected] | Jul 13, 2023 | News, Show Me Today
Interstate 70 in Missouri will get its largest makeover in history. Governor Mike Parson has signed the new state operating budget with a $2.8 billion dollar plan to widen the interstate to at least three lanes statewide. Alisa Nelson talks to Morgan Mundell, with...
by Alisa Nelson | Mar 28, 2023 | Legislature, News, Transportation
Let the number crunching begin. It’s back to the state budget this week. The Missouri House is expected to debate the estimated $51.6 billion plan. Missouri House Committee Chair Cody Smith, R-Carthage, has stripped out the governor’s I-70 request to expand the...
by Alisa Nelson | Dec 1, 2022 | Business, Economy, News, Transportation
With a reported $6 billion state budget surplus, the state’s largest transportation coalition wants the legislature to dedicate bucks to widen Interstate 70 statewide. I-70 is currently only two lanes each way in many parts of the state. Morgan Mundell, with...
by Alisa Nelson | May 10, 2021 | Agriculture, Business, Legislature, News, Transportation
In this final week of the Missouri Legislature’s regular session, a proposed gas tax hike is expected to jump into the driver’s seat. The House of Representatives is planning to work on a bill that would gradually raise the user fee by 12.5 total cents over five...