by Mike Lear | Mar 13, 2014 | News
The state House Budget Committee has voted to send to the full chamber its proposed spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1. The plan keeps Budget Committee Chairman Rick Stream’s (R-Kirkwood) plan to create a new surplus revenue fund and put in it...
by Mike Lear | Mar 13, 2014 | News
Those pushing for and against passage of a law that would make small tobacco companies pay more into an escrow account have made their cases to the House Budget Committee. The escrow account was created for tobacco companies not participating in the Tobacco Master...
by Mike Lear | Mar 13, 2014 | News
The House Budget Committee has twice voted down expansion of Medicaid. The Committee voted to send to the full House its proposal for the budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. Representative Jill Schupp (D-Creve Coeur) offered a set of amendments to accept...
by Mike Lear | Mar 12, 2014 | News
A bill that would increase a fee some small tobacco companies pay on the sale of their cigarettes in Missouri has been heard in a House Committee. The issue is related to a ruling in September by a 3-judge panel that Missouri would lose about $70-million of its...
by Mike Lear | Mar 5, 2014 | Education, News
The House Budget Director has filed his proposed budget for fiscal year 2015. Representative Rick Stream (R-Kirkwood) is offering a tiered approach to his spending plan, recommending some expenditures out of the General Revenue fund and offering legislation that would...