by admin | May 9, 2010 | News
Ethics reform, touted as a top priority of this legislative session, has become a highly partisan issue after Republicans muscled through the House a loaded down bill. House Majority Floor Leader Steven Tilley (R-Perryville) says Democrats have no excuses. Though...
by admin | May 6, 2010 | News
The only thing bi-partisan about an ethics bill passing the House and returning to the Senate was the finger-pointing. Raw politics took over the debate on ethics reform as House Republicans used their majority numbers to muscle through an ethics bill that contained...
by admin | Apr 30, 2010 | News
State lawmakers have approved the $23 billion state budget one week before the deadline, but what that might mean for the last two weeks of the legislative session is unclear. Sagging state tax revenue dollars and their impact on the state budget have dominated this...
by admin | Apr 28, 2010 | News
A state budget nearly $500 million lighter than the nearly $24 billion budget submitted by Governor Nixon in late January is on the verge of being approved by the House, a week early. The House adjourned Wednesday with three budget bills left to consider. Votes have...
by admin | Apr 27, 2010 | News
Ethics legislation teeters on the brink of failure after House Democrats moved to strip an ethics bill from a committee and force it on the calendar. The procedural move has angered House leaders who threaten to kill the bill. Fifty-six House Democrats and three...
