Early in the movie Charlie Wilson’s War, the title character (Tom Hanks) endures a quick crisis. An ambitious U.S. Attorney – a young Rudy Giuliani – zeroes in on the Texas Congressman over reports of rampant illegal drug use. Then Read More …
Round 1 To Governor SEAL
March Missouri Benefits: $750,000,000 A Month For Medicaid
No matter how much the Missouri legislature wants to slash benefit programs, the unavoidable reality remains that better than one in six Missourians cannot survive without Medicaid, food stamps and other “welfare” programs. According to the March 2018 Read More …
Meet the Candidates Event – June 5th
CLEAN Missouri Update – Thank You, WCD!
Many thanks to all the WCD members who have been supporting the CLEAN Missouri effort (cleanmissouri.org). We have some great news to share, via Jobs with Justice: On May 3, 2018 we turned in 346,956 signatures in support of Read More …
April Revenue Numbers Rain Bad News For Missouri Budget
Well, in Missouri predicting state revenue requires luck, dice and Ouija boards. The main sources of revenue – individual income tax and sales tax – jump about due to circumstances the state can’t control nor accurately predict. That reality hit Read More …
John Kiehne Challenges for MO Senate District 26
We hear a lot about Missouri Congressional District 2 primary races and about several of the local Missouri House races, Steidtmann in 101 and Webb in 100, for example. But we hear precious little about Missouri Senate District 26 or Read More …