Smith outside federal court

In case you missed it, former Missouri state Sen. Jeff Smith wrote a guest editorial/mea culpa for the Post-Dispatch op-ed page today. Here’s the text:

I once held a position of public trust. I write today as a…

JEFFERSON CITY — After an all-night filibuster/extended break, the Missouri Senate took up the jobs bill again this morning, and with little discussion, passed it along to the Senate.

Sen. Jason Crowell, R-Cape Girardeau, withdrew his amendment, Sen. Brad Lager, R-Savannah,…

Lager

JEFFERSON CITY — Sen. Brad Lager has fine-tuned his plan to cap all state tax credit programs and expects to pitch the changes to fellow senators today.

The substitute bill would limit historic preservation credits to $75 million a year instead of the…

JEFFERSON CITY — The Senate  spent all morning talking education, and it still hasn’t gotten through the whole discussion.

It was debating a bill, sponsored by President Pro Tem Charlie Shields, that would allow virtual classes and change how the school funding…

Callahan

Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, yesterday released the committee leadership, and he made few changes from last year’s committees.

But in a rare bipartisan move, he did appoint Sen. Victor Callahan, D-Independence, as chairman of the new Progress and Development…

University of Missouri President Gary Forsee and Missouri State University President Mike Nietzel sat together in front of the Senate today to talk about their joint vision for the future of state higher education, a move that would have been unheard of just…