From the Branson Missouri Blog: The picture above details the resolution capacity for the Lobbyist Pitches posted in full and accessible from the link below. The documents give some insight to how power and presence is peddled to the executive and legislative branches of Missouri Government. Read more…

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(Grandview) – Health care, short-term lending and personal privacy are among the topics in this week’s featured interview. State Representative Mike Talboy, a Democrat from Kansas City, describes his vision for health care during the interview, saying “…the state’s role in health care should be providing and making sure we have access [to medical care] […]

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The Blog of Independence: Yet, every time I visit the site the clip art of the bloody meat cleaver creeps me out. Yes, Senator I know you have chosen it ironically–but it sends the wrong message! Plus think of all the Midtown vegetarians that you are “hacking” off. And think of our dear Congressman, the […]

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By Michael Sewall After Gov. Matt Blunt delivered his State of the State address on Tuesday evening, local legislators were not entirely satisfied. Higher education was a major issue discussed, and the four Columbia legislators, hailing from a town with three colleges or universities, felt that more could be done than the governor recommends. Blunt’s […]

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The Show-Me Institute will release a policy study today analyzing the fiscal effects of tuition tax credits in Missouri. SMI argues that tax credit programs have helped to reduce inequality of educational access in states where they have been adopted, and in many cases, they have also helped save taxpayer dollars by lowering the per-student […]

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  Click here to listen (Hat tip: Missourinet) Related: Missourinet Audio: Governors Budget Priorities: Something he Doesn’t Mention Governors Budget Priorities: Something he Doesn’t Mention

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In the first “Missouri Viewpoints” interview of the year, State Senator Jolie Justus discusses some of the most important issues facing Missourians in 2008. Justus represents Missouri’’s Tenth District, which includes a large part of Kansas City and all of Grandview. The first-term Senator from Kansas City renews her call for universal health care in […]

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Americans for Prosperity video urging Missourians to tell the school boards to stop wasting tax dollars. This ad was aired during the Cotton Bowl. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://youtube.com/v/bI0zxhkMPlQ” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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By John Hacker Gary Nodler, the Missouri Senator representing Carthage, Jasper County, Newton County and Dade County, took over one of the most powerful positions in state government this summer as Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman, and that means changes in the way he represents his constituents. The new legislative session begins at noon, Jan. 9. […]

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 From the Missouri Bar website: Bar-Drafted Family Law Bills Prefiled in Missouri House “Rep. Tim Flook got a head start on the 2008 legislative session this week, prefiling two bar-drafted/Board approved family law bills – Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Enforcement Act (HB1358) and Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA) (HB 1360). He also prefiled the […]

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