by Mike Lear | Sep 5, 2012 | Business, News, Politics / Govt
With the veto session a week away, Governor Jay Nixon continues to make his case that the legislature should not overturn his veto of HB 1329, a bill to allow the collection of sales taxes on vehicle purchases made out-of-state. Nixon says of the more than 122...
by Mike Lear | Aug 15, 2012 | News
The resignation of Steven Tilley as Speaker of the Missouri House comes as Republicans could try to overturn vetoes on as many as seven bills in the September veto session. Majority Floor Leader and the likely eventual Speaker, Tim Jones, says he and Tilley discussed...
by Mike Lear | Jun 26, 2012 | News
The House Budget Committee Chairman accuses Governor Jay Nixon of “political grandstanding” in saying the legislature’s budget wasn’t balanced and withholding $15 million from it. Representative Ryan Silvey (R-Kansas City) says the...
by Mike Lear | May 17, 2012 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
Whether eligibility restrictions will be added to the blind medical subsidy fund will next be considered by House and Senate conferees. The legislature’s budget proposal added such restrictions to that fund in the budget, which some lawmakers and the Governor...
by Mike Lear | May 11, 2012 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
Some say the way the House and Senate budget conferees compromised to fund the blind medical subsidy fund won’t pass constitutional muster. The compromise was to include over $24 million dollars for the fund and to add language to the budget that restricts...