by admin | Apr 20, 2008 | News
A no-tax pledge made by several House Republicans might come back to haunt them. House Speaker Rod Jetton acknowledged reluctance on the part of his fellow Republicans to vote for a one-eighth cent sales tax for veterans’ services. "I’ve spent my...
by admin | Apr 15, 2008 | Politics / Govt
You might be deciding whether your taxes should go up to pay for more veterans homes. The House has given tentative approval to increasing the sales tax by one-eighth of a cent to pay for services to the state’s veterans. That would be the same tax rate that...
by admin | Dec 23, 2007 | News
A self-described country boy from Missouri says World War II took him from home and changed his life. World War II veteran Wilburn Rowden left Maries County in early 1943 for basic training at the Palmer House Hotel in Miami Beach. He says it was quite a difference...
by admin | Apr 22, 2007 | Military
The state has plenty of beds for an estimated one-thousand veterans who are on waiting lists for care at state veteran’s homes—-but it is not letting them in. However the state senate is moving to open the doors. The state provides enough money to...
by admin | Oct 30, 2006 | News
Veterans organizations want official “non-profit” status… and they have a chance to get it with Amendment 6 on the November ballot. Lobbyist Ernie Lee, with the Missouri Association for Veterans organizations, says the amendment would ensure an important tax break...
