by Mike Lear | May 1, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
Governor Jay Nixon (D) has laid made good on his threat to veto tax cut legislation, and says it is the only thing only thing that will prevent Missouri public schools from losing hundreds of millions of dollars. Nixon cites the Missouri School Boards Association...
by Mike Lear | Apr 29, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
The only Democrat in the State House who voted for a proposed income tax cut says he still doesn’t know what he thinks of Governor Jay Nixon’s (D) concerns about the proposal. Representative Jeff Roorda (D-Barnhart) has had a few days to review the...
by Mike Lear | Apr 22, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
Governor Jay Nixon (D) will make a series of stops in the state today to discuss what he will do with a proposed income tax cut sent to him last week by the state legislature. Nixon’s office issued releases saying he will “discuss his actions on Senate...
by Mike Lear | Apr 16, 2014 | Business, News, Politics / Govt
The legislature has sent Governor Jay Nixon (D) a proposed $620-million a year cut to income taxes, and Republicans are considering whether enough votes to override a veto are in reach. Nixon has 15 days to act on the bill (SB 509). He could sign it, allow it to...
by Mike Lear | Apr 16, 2014 | Business, News, Politics / Govt
11 of the so-called “flimsy 15” stood with House Republican Leaders in an apparent show of caucus solidarity ahead of debate, and likely a vote on, Senate tax cut legislation this afternoon. The House has taken up Senator Will Kraus’ (R-Lee’s...