by Mike Lear | May 23, 2014 | Education, News
The House sponsor of the proposed change to Missouri’s student transfer law says a special session to revisit the issue would be a wasted effort. Representative Rick Stream (R-Kirkwood) and other lawmakers who worked on the proposed transfer law fix are waiting...
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 16, 2014 | Education, News, Politics / Govt
House members who oppose the transfer legislation that has been sent to Governor Jay Nixon (D) say his office has indicated to them that he will call a special session for a new bill to be created. The Chairman of the legislative black caucus, Representative Tommie...
by Mike Lear | May 1, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
Governor Jay Nixon (D) has laid made good on his threat to veto tax cut legislation, and says it is the only thing only thing that will prevent Missouri public schools from losing hundreds of millions of dollars. Nixon cites the Missouri School Boards Association...
by Mike Lear | Apr 29, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
The only Democrat in the State House who voted for a proposed income tax cut says he still doesn’t know what he thinks of Governor Jay Nixon’s (D) concerns about the proposal. Representative Jeff Roorda (D-Barnhart) has had a few days to review the...
