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Tuesday, April 7th, 2009For more info, visit the Missouri Budget Project website HJR 23 has a Hearing in the Senate Ways & Means Committee TOMORROW, Wednesday, April 8, 2009, Upon Morning Adjournment Senate Committee Room 1 HJR 23, a TABOR-like bill, would create an additional constitutional revenue/spending lid in Missouri that would permanently tie Missouri to the current [...]
“Card Check” Bill Forces Congress to Address Workers’ Rights
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009via Congress.org -. When lawmakers return the week of April 20, they’re sure to face a fight over whether to make it easier for workers to unionize. The “Employee Free Choice Act” would allow employees to join a union if a majority of workers sign a card signifying their intent to do so. It would [...]
Missourinet: Senate readies for another attempt to pass economic development bill
Monday, April 6th, 2009Senate readies for another attempt to pass economic development bill Sunday, April 5, 2009, 6:38 PM By Steve Walsh The State Senate takes another stab, this week, at passing SB 45 – the huge economic development bill that has stalled in the chamber. A revised version, with the Quality Jobs component of the legislation intact, [...]
Bill Protecting Men from False Paternity Moves Forward
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009Thanks to the Senate Newsroom blog for compiling this info: Today the Senate gave final approval to Senate Bill 141, sponsored by Sen. Jeff Smith (D-St. Louis), which protects men from false paternity. The bill has now moved to the House. A presumed father would be able to challenge paternity if new evidence exists—such as [...]
Historic Tax Credit debate
Thursday, March 26th, 2009Excellent points made regarding the Historic Tax Credit debate in MO Senate by Michael Allen at Ecology of Absence: Anti-Historic Tax Credit Gang Lacking Consistent Records Here’s what some Missouri state senators are saying about the successful state historic rehabilitation tax credit that they are trying to destroy (the Senate will take up one proposal [...]
KWMU: Mo. Senate sets aside abortion coercion bill (2009-03-24)
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009Mo. Senate sets aside abortion coercion bill Marshall Griffin, KWMU JEFFERSON CITY, MO (2009-03-24) The Missouri Senate has set aside a bill that would make it illegal to coerce a woman into having an abortion, after a group of Democratic senators launched a filibuster Monday. Joan Bray of St. Louis, one of the senators who [...]
Should the Fed Gov. expand volunteer programs?
Monday, March 23rd, 2009I think this would provide incentive to people who would otherwise flip-flop about volunteering. I have had wonderful experiences with the Americorps volunteers at Mullanphy school and would love to see the program expand. from Congress.org Following President Barack Obama’s call for more volunteerism and public service, Congress is considering a bill this week that [...]
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