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07.13.2009 3:58 pm

Jay Nixon vetoes public defender bill

Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau

JEFFERSON CITY — Legislation setting maximum caseloads for public defenders wouldn’t solve the overburdened system’s problems, Gov. Jay Nixon said today.

Nixon vetoed the bill (SB37), along with more than a dozen others. The actions wrapped up his decisions on legislation…

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06.16.2009 10:55 am

Illinois lawmakers likely back next week to re-think tax hike

Post-Dispatch Springfield Bureau

WEDNESDAY - Legislative leaders meeting with Quinn in Chicago today confirmed after the meeting that lawmakers will return to Springfield on Tuesday, according to an Associated Press report out of Chicago. There is still no agreement on taxes or cuts…

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05.29.2009 5:09 pm

Here’s what’s (not yet) happening as Ill. adjournment approaches

Post-Dispatch Springfield Bureau

SECOND UPDATE, 12:25 P.M. SATURDAY - The House Revenue Committee just approved a two-year version of Quinn’s tax hike (from the current 3 percent to 4.5 percent flat-rate, to automatically revert back to the 3-percent rate in 2011). It passed…

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05.14.2009 12:13 pm

Major alcohol tax hike may be on tap in Illinois

Post-Dispatch Springfield Bureau

UPDATE, 2:55 p.m. : William Olson, lobbyist for the Associated Beer Distributors of Illinois, counters that the tax won’t raise as much money as proponents claim, because some people will drink less as a result, and others will cross state…

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02.26.2009 10:11 am

Ill. moves to close death-penalty loophole after P-D story

Post-Dispatch Springfield Bureau

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - An Illinois House committee this morning unanimously approved legislation to crack down on lawyers, investigators and others milking the state for exorbitant expenses in death-penalty trials, the result of a Post-Dispatch expose’ last year.

The newspaper reported in…

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04.14.2008 9:30 am

Will autism emotion return?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

When the House debated the tax credit/school voucher bill last week during a late night session, the House chambers were full of emotion as supporters of the bill — which in this year’s version would aim to help autistic children…

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04.11.2008 6:13 pm

Talent to take larger role in state legislative campaigns

Special to the Post-Dispatch

Former U.S. Sen. Jim Talent, R-Mo., who served in the state House before heading to Congress, is apparently preparing to help his party protect its control of the state Legislature.

Talent is joining two Republican political leaders in the state Capitol — state…

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03.24.2008 4:01 pm

Many races uncontested as deadline nears

Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau

Tomorrow could be Election Day for more than one-third of the members of the Missouri House.

So far, about 60 of the 163 House races feature only one candidate, according to the list on file with the Secretary of State’s office.…

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03.12.2008 1:08 pm

UPDATED –A new face in the 15th; Kirkwood activist files for state Senate

Special to the Post-Dispatch

Steve Eagleton, one of the co-chairs of “Kirkwood Citizens Coming Together for a Brighter Future,” has filed for the state Senate in the 15th District.

Eagleton and the group had been among the critics of the City Council’s decision to go ahead…

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02.27.2008 12:21 pm

At least they’ll have time to study up

Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau

House Majority Leader Steven Tilley just announced on the House floor that legislators should be prepared to take up House Bills 1416 and 1824.

And what weighty topics are coming up?

Designating the morel as the official state mushroom (HB1416) and the…

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