by Mike Lear | Jul 2, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
Republican state Senator Eric Schmitt (R-Glendale) ended months of speculation about his political future Wednesday by declaring his candidacy for the State Treasurer’s office in the 2016 campaign cycle. Schmitt has helped author the major tax cut proposals of...
by Mike Lear | Jun 20, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
The Republican Speaker of the Missouri House says recent problems with the Veterans Health Administration support the stance his caucus has taken against Medicaid expansion. Tim Jones (R-Eureka) has been opposed to using federal dollars to expand eligibility for that...
by Mike Lear | Jun 16, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
House Republican leaders accuse Governor Jay Nixon (D) of using fear tactics and overblown numbers in his assessment of the ten tax break bills he vetoed last week, but they don’t yet know if their party will seek to overturn his vetoes. Nixon says those ten...
by Mike Lear | May 19, 2014 | Education, News
Critics of the bill that proposes change to Missouri’s student transfer law say it doesn’t fix anything, and want Governor Jay Nixon (D) to tell lawmakers to try again. The bill lawmakers sent to Governor Nixon includes a provision that after three years...
by Mike Lear | May 17, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
Both parties in the state House assessed the regular session of the General Assembly after it wrapped up on Friday in back-to-back media conefrences. Here is the video of those conferences (courtesy Jonathan Lorenz, Missouri House Communications). Republicans:...
