R.J. Matson/Post-Dispatch
Last April 8, the Missouri House passed a measure that would have given voters the right to change the state’s non-partisan judicial selection process and put politics back in the system.
On Sunday, The Kansas City Star looked at that 85-72 vote…
In this thriller, a gutsy Missouri House Speaker takes on voter-approved term limits . . .no wait. He does that in this editorial. We don't know what the book is about.
On Nov. 3, 1992, Missouri voters overwhelming approved a constitutional…
Emily Rasinski | Post-Dispatch
A narrow beam of light seemed to break through the Missouri Legislature’s dismal session earlier this month.
House Speaker Ron Richard came to the phone to tell us how he and his fellow Republican representatives understood the pain experienced…
One possible result of tax-cut plan.
Buried deep in Missouri House Bill 20, one of 22 appropriations bills that outline how state money will be spent next year, is a $1.6 million appropriation for the care of foster kids in the custody…
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The Missouri House was awfully busy last week, passing or advancing a passel of terrible bills that would harm the public interest in any number of ways. Among the…
Missouri House Speaker Ron Richard
Efforts to reverse — at least temporarily — devastating cuts to Metro transit agency services are still very much alive. Thanks to the work of Missouri House Speaker Ron Richard, R-Joplin, and Rep. Allen Icet, R-Wildwood, Metro…
Passengers wait for No. 70 bus at the Grand MetroLink station. Elie Gardner|Post-Dispatch.
Last week, Gov. Jay Nixon appeared at St. Louis’ Humane Society to show support for small animals and opposition to Missouri puppy mills.
This week, maybe he’ll show up…
Speaker Ron Richard
Ron Richard, the Republican speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives, has suggested that Missouri take its share of the $787 billion federal stimulus package signed into law Tuesday and just “send it on back” to Washington.
Apparently things…
This editorial is just a place holder. We haven’t decided yet whether to write about one of the biggest issues facing Missouri legislators this year.
Our colleague Tony Messenger did. In a column published Tuesday, Mr. Messenger wrote that executives from utility…
On July 31 — 15 years to the day after the first MetroLink train pulled out of Union Station amid much ballyhoo — politicians and civic leaders will gather at Washington University for what’s being billed as a “transit summit.”
Although not…
