by Alisa Nelson | Feb 18, 2021 | Crime / Courts, News
Gov. Mike Parson’s FY2022 state budget proposal requests $58 million in hopes of getting Missouri completely out of debt in county jail reimbursements. For years, the state has not designated enough funding to pay counties and the city of St. Louis for part of a...
by Mike Lear | Jan 13, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
Death penalty opponents and attorneys representing condemned men say the Missouri Department of Corrections is keeping too many secrets and could be breaking state law in the way it’s obtaining drugs to carry out lethal injections. The State Auditor’s...
by Mike Lear | Jan 18, 2013 | Business, News
Momentum is growing in the state House for the elimination of Missouri’s Second Injury Fund. The Fund was created in 1943 to encourage employers to hire World War II veterans who were injured but could still work. It would later pay compensation in cases of...
by Mike Lear | Jan 16, 2013 | News
The House Elections Committee has approved House House Speaker Pro Tem Jason Smith’s (R-Salem) proposal that would require openings for lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state auditor, state treasurer and U.S. Senator be filled at the...
by Mike Lear | Jul 3, 2012 | Business, News, Politics / Govt
The State Auditor says the economic development department is mismanaging the Quality Jobs tax incentive program and overplaying its results. Quality Jobs tax incentives are available for employers who create or retain full-time jobs, pay at least half the health...
