by Ashley Byrd | Oct 2, 2019 | News, Politics / Govt, Transportation
Governor Mike Parson, surrounded by local, state and national legislators, announced the success of his plan to replace 250 bridges around Missouri– including the $238 million 1-70 Rocheport Bridge. On a bluff overlooking the bridge and the Missouri River, Sen....
by Mike Lear | Jul 9, 2014 | Elections, News, Transportation
The State Highways and Transportation Commission has approved a proposed project list for Amendment 7 on the August ballot, which proposes raising the sales tax three-quarters of one percent to pay for transportation projects over ten years. The 800 projects on the...
by Mike Lear | Apr 16, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt, Transportation
An opponent of asking voters to support transportation with a one-cent sales tax for ten years says it’s “illogical” coming from lawmakers who also want to cut taxes. Legislative budget estimates are that the proposed ten-year tax would generate...
by Bill Pollock | Feb 1, 2013 | Politics / Govt, Sports Features, Transportation
Legislation that would name the new I-70 bridge over the Mississippi River in St. Louis—which is currently being constructed and will span Missouri and Illinois—the “Stan Musial Memorial Bridge,” gained bipartisan steam as the Senate delegations from both states...
by Mike Lear | Jan 28, 2013 | Legislature, News
The man who was governor the last time Missouri passed a large bond proposal says lawmakers must focus on identifying needs and how they will be met, if they want to get one passed now. Kit Bond says when a bond package was passed under his administration, the state...