This article is re-posted with permission from the Labor Tribune, article dated December 5, 2016 by Tim Rowden, Editor The Missouri Legislature’s Republican leaders say passing a so-called “right-to-work” (RTW) law will be a top priority under Republican Governor-elect Eric Read More …
Category: Issues
Community Issues
Tired of Winning Yet?
President-elect Donald Trump announced that he had cut a deal with United Technologies, the corporation that owns Carrier, to keep slightly less than 1,000 jobs in Indiana. Good news, right? Donald Trump did some of his much touted magical negotiating, Read More …
Big Business Will Have a Field Day in the 2017 Missouri Legislature
If you would like a preview of the legislation that will be proposed in the 2017 Missouri legislature, you should read this article in the Kansas City Star. http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article117058523.html
Restore Electoral Confidence
President Donald Trump may be right. He believes that “millions” of illegal votes were cast in the recent election cycle. Let’s take him at his word. It was a serious thing for candidate Trump to assert without evidence that the Read More …
A Bad Idea for a Good Cause
Why I’ll Be Working Against The Newest St. Louis Sales Tax Proposal Several years back Pat Martin, long-time head of Missourians For Tax Justice, worried about the plethora of new sales tax proposals on the state legislators’ and municipal leaders’ Read More …
Report from the Field: Healthcare
I was at a gathering last night, surrounded by a mix of progressive and conservative friends. Most of us had not seen each other since before the election and there was a reluctance to jeopardize friendships, so political talk was Read More …