Yesterday, the AARP applauded the Senate for moving health care reform with the following statement:
“This morning, the Senate voted to move forward with debate on health care reforms that will begin to bring needed relief to millions of Americans struggling with high costs and insurance company discrimination. The [...]
Missouri shouldn't raise the property tax rate for farms
Strong opinions bubble up over U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill and her vote for cloture on the health care bill, how mortgage default rates are tied into macro economic conditions, and [...]
Last week’s poll asked what you thought we should call the rebuilt highway through St. Louis, officially known as I-64:
I-64 only: 74 (45%) Highway 40 only: 42 (26%) Either Hwy 40 or I-64: 38 (23%) Unsure/no opinion: 9 (6% )163 people voted and as you can see no answer received a majority [...]
Robert Baer
UPDATE: The County Council voted 4-3 to put the half-cent transit sales tax proposal on the April 6 ballot.
EARLIER: Metro would have to cut half of its transit service if St. Louis County voters don’t approve a half-cent sales…
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Of all the falsehoods and distortions in the political discourse this year, one stood out from the rest.
"Death panels."
The "death panels" phrase was created by Sarah Palin, but has its roots in the coordinated campaign to scare voters with the idea [...]
Early this morning (01:08 AM), Senate Democrats and independents approved a procedural cloture motion by a 60-40 vote. Senators voted while seated at their desks, a rarely-used practice implemented only for historic votes.
There are two more procedural votes scheduled on the bill this week, and the final vote is [...]
Lost in all the back and forth in the nonstop health debate this weekend was a late night procedural vote that put a lot of Senate Republicans on record as voting against money for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Among them: Kansas’ two Republicans, Sens. Pat Roberts and Sam [...]
Schools in the City of St. Louis, and in much of the region, need help to improve performance and perceptions. On December 17th the state took action to help one such district:
The Missouri Board of Education today voted to merge the Wellston School District in St. Louis County with the [...]
Republican Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder was the lone "no" vote on a Missouri Housing Development Commission proposal that would use state dollars to pay the property taxes of income-eligible homebuyers next year. The vote on the $35 million dollar plan was 7 to 1. The [...] Things just got a little messier in Topeka. A group representing 60 public school districts in Kansas voted unanimously today in Salina to ask the state Supreme Court to reopen a landmark lawsuit that prompted the Legislature to budget hundreds of millions of dollars more for schools.
If the high court decides [...]
At this morning's Missouri Housing Development Commission (MHDC) meeting, Lt. Governor Peter Kinder cast the only vote against a proposal to pay the first year of property taxes for working families making less than $98,000 a year who purchase a new or existing Missouri home [...]
The Missouri State School Board voted today to close the Wellston School District. Wellston students will be Normandy students after this school year.
Normandy is only provisionally accredited; its student MAP scores are better than Wellston’s, but not by much. Normandy has shown admirable willingness to accept new students; however, [...]
Colleen Wasinger
St. Louis County Councilwoman Colleen Wasinger, R-Town and Country, says Metro should have more oversight if county voters approve a half-cent sales tax for the transit agency on April 6.
Wasinger wants the county council to require that Metro do…
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A new Rasmussen telephone survey of 500 likely voters shows some slippage in Roy Blunt's performance against Robin Carnahan in a hypothetical general election contest, though the difference between the candidates is still within the margin of error (+/- 4.5%).
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey [...]
The decision that senators make can be fraught with consequences.
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Twitter, spent a couple hours yesterday answering phone calls from Missourians. How she intends to vote on health care reform was a popular topic.
“One caller said I would go to hell if I voted yes,” [...]
Dan Lee
JEFFERSON CITY — Casino executive Dan Lee had a bad day. But he didn’t violate any state laws or gaming regulations.
That was the conclusion today of Missouri gambling regulators, who voted to let the former Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. chief…
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Via MPNblog.com, I see that Vicky Hartzler thinks climate change and global warming is just one great big "hoax."
Given the importance of military issues and voters in the 4th District, maybe Hartlzer can explain why Pentagon planners now officially consider global warming a threat to [...]
