JEFFERSON CITY — What a difference a couple of weeks makes.

When Gov. Jay Nixon first sent a letter to lawmakers urging them to get behind a capital building proposal that would involve floating at least $700 million in bonds, Speaker of…

St. Louis County voters are likely to see a half-cent sales tax to help subsidize Metro’s MetroLink and buses on the ballot next April.

The transit system’s supporters agreed about a month ago to bring back the tax that lost…

JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon plans to make good this month on his promise to trim projects that the Legislature funded with federal stimulus money.

So what’s on the chopping block? At a news conference yesterday in St. Louis,…

JEFFERSON CITY — A little less than a month ago, House Speaker Ron Richard was throwing water on the plan to spend state money (via the federal stimulus) to help out Metro’s transit system in St. Louis.

Now he’s taking credit…

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri House has changed its mind again on a bill allocating about $330 million in federal stimulus funds.

On a vote of 117-42, the House tonight passed the spending bill and sent it to the Senate.

The…

UPDATE: Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder is blaming Gov. Jay Nixon for the defeat of the Metro funding. In a conference call with reporters, Kinder alleged that Nixon worked against the bill. Kinder was joined by several African-American legislators from St.…

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri House voted today to give $12 million in federal stimulus funds to Metro to soften budget cuts at the St. Louis transit agency.

The amendment, by Rep. Rachel Storch, D-St. Louis, passed on a voice vote…

JEFFERSON CITY — Metro transit CEO Bob Baer has a bit more work to do if he thinks he’s going to get $35 million in federal stimulus money from the Missouri Legislature.

This morning, House Speaker Ron Richard said he’s unwilling to…

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JEFFERSON CITY – Calling the cuts to St. Louis public transportation a “crisis,” Metro transit CEO Bob Baer pleaded his case to a Missouri House committee Wednesday for $35 million in emergency funding.

For the past month, Baer has been quietly working…

The economy’s disastrous fall in October lead to the defeat Nov. 4 in St. Louis County of Proposition M, a half-cent sales tax increase for Metro, the manager of the campaign for the proposal said Thursday.

The month saw a sharp…