FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Antonio French Friday, August 17, 2007 (314) 779-9958 ST. LOUIS — State Representative Rodney Hubbard gathered with a group of St. Louis political leaders yesterday and called for the proposed Distressed Area Land Assemblage Tax Credit legislation to be amended to allow more involvement by community organizations; to add a requirement […]

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By Kathleen McLaughlin A public forum on a tax credit for assembling land in “distressed areas” will be August 30, not August 18. The forum will start at 6 p.m., most likely at Vashon High School, says Jeanette Mott Oxford, the state representative who is organizing the forum with alderwomen April Ford-Griffin and Marlene Davis. […]

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Press release: JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Matt Blunt, Senate President Pro Tem Michael R. Gibbons and House Speaker Rod Jetton today announced a special session of the Missouri General Assembly to begin August 20th to fast track the Safe and Sound Bridge Improvement Program to repair or replace more than 800 Missouri bridges and enact […]

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Despite being a member of a legislative committee that crafts bills designed to crack down on criminals, Democrat state Sen. Jeff Smith is now facing possible jail time and a fine after being cited by Missouri Gaming officials for presenting false identification to gain access to a gambling boat. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Kansas City […]

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By Steve Walsh The challenge to the constitutionality of legislation decriminalizing midwifery in Missouri is before a Jefferson City judge. Cole County Circuit Court Judge Patricia Joyce has heard arguments from opponents and supporters of the law, which was slipped into HB 818, a health insurance bill, by Senator John Loudon (R-Chesterfield) in the final […]

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The Show Me Institute should really work on getting policy analyst David Stokes out of the office more often. Stokes writes today that he was “lucky enough to be able to attend yesterday’s Joint Transportation Committee meeting in Jefferson City.” Lucky???? We still love you Dave! I was lucky enough to be able to attend […]

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GOP House Speaker Rod Jetton is term-limited and therefore cannot seek re-election next fall. But you’d never know it from his most recent Missouri Ethics Commission filing, which reads like the report from a burgeoning young campaign that’s just getting its feet underneath it and its office set up. Read more… Related: Tip Line: Reader […]

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By Bob Priddy The head of a major Missouri legislative committee is suggesting a way that farmers can save on fuel costs; that the state can reduce dependence on foreign oil; that a supply of methamphetamine ingredients can be reduced; and a way that Missouri fishermen can improve their standard of living. Carp. Yes—the fish. […]

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According to this Missourinet article, tomorrow (7-7-07) should be Lotto nirvana for those hoping to strike it rich in the pick 3 or pick 4 game. For the rest of us simply wanting to buy a pack of cigarettes or pay for gasoline, it will be literally hell on earth. We personally don’t have any […]

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Representatives’ Jeanette Mott Oxford and Jamilah Nashheed demonstrate to us today what happens when your party is in a super minority in the legislature. You co-sponsor highly partisan, symbolic, and dead in the water resolutions to gain attention. Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum were the proud sponsors of a Bush Cheney Impeachment Resolution last session. […]

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