… how many within the super majority would do the right thing, follow long-standing legal tradition and vote against enforcing state law?
Children with Matches
Category: State and Local Issues
More Food Stamp Follies
… even if the Trump Down ends in a few days, 38 million Americans (including 700,000 Missourians) won’t get their next food help for six weeks!
WCD January Legislative Report
This legislative update is being published in advance of the WCD regular meeting since the meeting may be canceled due to inclement weather.
Jefferson City’s Signature Disease
In November a strong majority of Missouri voters endorsed Amendment 1. That’s not a sign of voter intent, no, to elected Republicans it’s proof that the issue was too complicated for voters to understand. Just as the legislature knew best on puppy mill regulation and concealed gun carry, the elects now plan to offer a ‘better’ CLEAN.
Revenue Report Proves MO FY2019 Budget Doomed
Due to the series of Individual Income Tax and Corporate tax cuts already approved by the Missouri legislature’s Republican super majorities in recent years, Missouri must expect to receive even less General Revenue in Fiscal Year 2020 and beyond!
Kobayashi Maru, St Louis Style
As reported in the current St. Louis Business Journal , a soon to be released Better Together study proposes a cheat worthy of James Kirk: change that pesky Missouri Constitution so that a new style of entity – essentially the city taking over the county – would be created.