by Mike Lear | Sep 11, 2013 | News
Republicans hold a supermajority in the House, but still need Democrat support to overturn the vetoes of some legislation in the veto session that begins today. The key issue to be debated is HB 253, that would cut Missouri income taxes. Governor Jay Nixon says it...
by Mike Lear | Sep 10, 2013 | Crime / Courts, News
Twenty-four Missourians including members of a motorcycle club have been arrested on three indictments for federal drug and weapons charges in a joint operation between the FBI, the ATF, the DEA, the Highway Patrol and local authorities in the St. Louis area. Those...
by Mike Lear | Sep 10, 2013 | Education, News
A coalition of groups supporting the governor’s veto of tax legislation has made its case in the final hours before the legislature has its chance at a veto overturn. The Coalition for Missouri’s Future says allowing the bill that would cut Missouri income...
by Mike Lear | Sep 6, 2013 | News
The House Speaker says the votes aren’t there to overturn the veto of a tax cut bill. That bill’s sponsor says with the veto session looming, there are still “cards yet to be played.” Representative T.J. Berry (R-Liberty) sponsor of a...
by Mike Lear | Aug 29, 2013 | News
A Missouri lead producer says one of the Governor’s vetoes could spell the end of its operations in the state. The Vice President of Law for the Doe Run Company, Matt Wohl, has been visiting with state lawmakers urging them to overturn the veto of a bill that...