by Mike Lear | Jul 11, 2014 | News, Transportation
Transportation Department employees, like other state employees, will not be getting a raise because of actions taken by Governor Jay Nixon (D) with the budget. One of the items Governor Nixon has put a halt on funding in the new budget is a one-percent,...
by Mike Lear | Jul 2, 2014 | News
Governor Jay Nixon (D) has vetoed legislation that would have tripled the waiting period for an abortion in Missouri. Nixon called the legislation “extreme and disrespectful” for not including an exemption for women that have been the victim of rape or...
by Mike Lear | Jun 25, 2014 | News
Republican budget leaders are slamming Governor Jay Nixon (D) for the actions he has taken with the state budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. They say he is using “inflated” figures to estimate the impact of tax break bills passed on the final...
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 23, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
Governor Jay Nixon (D) will veto legislation that proposed changes regarding Missouri’s 1993 student transfer law. In a statement Nixon announced that he would reject the legislation over concerns that it would allow the diversion of tax money to private schools...