The Women’s March on St. Louis march and rally will be held on Saturday, January 21, 2017, from approximately 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in downtown St. Louis. This march is in conjunction with the Women’s March on Washington, D.C., Read More …
Women’s March on St. Louis on Jan. 21, 2017
Uh-Oh: Missouri December Revenue Falls Way Short Of Budget Target
You didn’t spend enough on Christmas presents. The state released the tax revenue numbers for December. While the total state revenue crept up about 2.2%, that was substantially less than the roughly 5% growth needed to fund the current Fiscal Read More …
Only MO HealthNet Defies Trend: Nov 2016 Report Shows Continued Erosion of Benefit Programs
Well, in Washington many of the majority party are talking of turning Food Stamps and Medicaid into block grants – as happened to Temporary Assistance a few years back. The claim is that block grants offers states flexibility do Read More …
New #GOV 101 Seminars Added
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! We have sold out (twice!) for #GOV 101 on Saturday, January 14th in St. Louis —even after moving to a larger venue which holds 250. Because of demand, we are announcing TWO MORE #GOV 101 seminars Read More …
Moving Past the Holidays
The morning before Christmas Eve I received an e-mail subjected, Spend Christmas With Your True Family. It came, of course, from a bar. This morning I awoke to hear the trash truck leaving my subdivision, normally not an issue except Read More …
Coordinating: The High Cost of Getting in Line
Coordinating. A benign term, right? It means what you think it might: Getting all the parts aligned to work efficiently for greater effectiveness – like an athlete coordinates movement or a meeting planner coordinates agendas. Gleichschaltung is the German word for Read More …