The circuit court of the city of St. Louis has 24 circuit judges. Last month, in the closing days of the legislative session, the Missouri House of Representatives unsuccessfully tried to reduce that number by 25 percent.
The manner in which…
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Former Missouri state Sen. Pat Dougherty is back in town after the close of the legislation session.
Dougherty was term limited out in January 2007 (Sen. Jeff Smith is his successor in the 4th Senatorial District). But he occupied a familiar…
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In the general election of 2000, the full impact of the term limits Missouri voters had imposed on their state Legislature eight years earlier kicked in. Ninety of the 163 members of the Missouri House elected in 2000 were freshmen.…
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It’s nice to get some recognition, you know? You toil in obscurity, year after year, passing one rotten, lousy, no-good, special-interest bill after another. And all you hear about how bad the Texas Legislature is, or the Florida one or…
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If it were put to a simple up-or-down vote today, Missouri lawmakers probably would agree to extend health insurance coverage to about 55,000 working parents who are struggling to raise their children.
But that’s not going to happen. Extending health insurance…
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Eight days remain in the current session of the Missouri Legislature, and a sense of desperation seems to have taken hold among the Legislature’s Republican leaders. This could be the final gasp of the Republican revolution.
Should Democratic Attorney General Jay…
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The Associated Press reports:
About 12 Indiana nuns were turned away Tuesday from a polling place by a fellow sister because they didn’t have state or federal identification bearing a photograph.
Sister Julie McGuire said she was forced to turn away…
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The Missouri Legislature seems poised to hand over $40 million a year in tax credits for eight years to Bombardier Inc., if the Montreal aircraft manufacturer agrees to build a new jetliner plant at Kansas City International Airport.
The best that…
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...A corporation is a legal “person,” just like you. Maybe even better. Exhibit A is a bill passed last week by the Missouri House of Representatives:
• It allows utility companies to avoid complying with local zoning laws or with past…
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