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  • CDD: 02/09 Board cuts $5.2 million from budget

    The WATCHWORD

    Columbia’s Daily Dish: 02/09/2010 Board cuts $5.2 million from budget (CDT): “Page by page, the Columbia Board of Education trimmed $5.2 million from the school district’s 2010-11 budget last night.” Senators, with teachers on their side, seek control of Missouri tax credits (CM): “Some Republican senators seeking to rein in Missouri’s expansive [...]
    Posted: February 09, 2010, 2:04pm EST
    by Haotao Xiong
  • How to save the state a bundle

    Show Me Progress

    Speaking of the state's need to find ways to stretch its dollars, Rep. Rachel Storch, D-St. Louis, had some interesting observations about Chief Justice William Ray Price, Jr.'s speech recommending that we incarcerate fewer people. It seems she doesn't get the sense that the Honorable Judge got through to Republicans' [...]
    Posted: February 09, 2010, 12:09pm EST
  • Give Us A Break

    Fired Up! Missouri

    This is one of the more ridiculous and hypocritical tweets I've seen in a while.  
    Perhaps this tweet from Roy Blunt is the beginning of some sort of long, drawn-out apology to voters regarding his record of passing unbalanced budgets, irresponsible tax cuts for the wealthy' [...]

    Posted: February 09, 2010, 11:54am EST
    by .Sean
  • Decorating with Books

    Gone Mild

    Books have lost their prominent position in my life.

    Books continue to fill shelves throughout my house, they crowd my nightstand, and a trip to the bookstore is an expensive outing, but the ones on the shelves are decorations, the ones on my nightstand are a 2 minute [...]
    Posted: February 09, 2010, 5:58am EST
  • CDD:02/08 Boone County Treasurer to retire

    The WATCHWORD

    Columbia’s Daily Dish: 02/08/2010 Boone County Treasurer to retire(CDT): “Boone County Treasurer Kay Murray said Monday morning that she will retire Feb. 28, three years before her term expires for the office she has held for 33 years.” Family-owned farms urged to apply for Missouri’s ‘century(AP): “Families who have owned farms for [...]
    Posted: February 08, 2010, 10:39pm EST
    by Haotao Xiong
  • HB 1781: High Noon in the capitol

    Show Me Progress

    The Missouri General Assembly is in session. That means that there's a pile of House conceal carry bills. With apologies to Atrios. HB 1781 Changes the laws regarding carrying concealed weapons in the State Capitol Building Sponsor: Riddle, Jeanie (20) Proposed Effective Date: 08/28/2010 CoSponsor: Brown, Dan (149) ..........etal. LR Number: 3549L.01I Last Action: 01/25/2010 - Read...

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    Posted: February 08, 2010, 8:11pm EST
  • Earnings up for Empire District Electric

    The Turner Report

    Earnings were up for Joplin-based Empire District Electric Company, according to a release filed Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

    At the Board of Directors meeting of The Empire District Electric Company held today, the Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.32 per share on common stock payable [...]
    Posted: February 08, 2010, 7:36pm EST

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