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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 [...]
Missourinet: Dept. of Ag cracks down on unlicensed breeders
Monday, April 6th, 2009Dept. of Ag cracks down on unlicensed breeders Saturday, April 4, 2009, 9:15 PM By Jessica Machetta More than 1,200 dogs have been confiscated from unlicensed breeders in Missouri in just three months. Director Jon Hagler has been on the job for three months, and in that time has made finding and penalizing unlicensed breeders [...]
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 [...]
Welcome to the Missouri Accountability Portal
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009Wow – this is an impressive amount of raw information. I am very impressed at the openness of the Nixon administration to proactively share this with the public. from Missouri Accountability Portal: A MAP to your tax dollars. The MAP site is presented to the citizens of Missouri as a single point of reference to [...]
Taking notes from Illinois
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009This article from the Chicago Sun-Times is quite timely considering the FBI is investigating the Missouri Legislature for alleged “pay to play” schemes. Perhaps the new leadership in the Missouri Democratic Party can spearhead or incite something similar to the Illinois Reform Commission. Now or never’ on state ethics reform April 1, 2009 BY NATASHA [...]
Missouri lawmakers welcome FBI investigation – Kansas City Star
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009I am extremely interested in this investigation and wonder why the StL P-D has not picked up on it. I’ll post any followup shortly… Missouri lawmakers welcome FBI investigation By STEVE KRASKE and JASON NOBLE The Kansas City Star JEFFERSON CITY | Veteran lawmakers said Monday that an FBI investigation into the General Assembly was [...]
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