Archive for June, 2011
Jun 30 – Weekly Capital Update
COURT SIDES WITH ON-LINE COMPANIES IN TAX DISPUTE The Missouri Supreme Court on June 28 sided with a group of on-line travel companies, including Orbitz, Expedia and Travelocity, in a dispute with St. Louis County and the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission over payment of local hotel and tourism taxes. The county and CVC [...]
FY2012 Budget Settled
Governor Nixon has now approved Missouri’s FY 2012 budget, with a reduction of an additional $172 million from the budget passed last month by the General Assembly.
A summary of the major programs affected follows.
Jun 23 – Weekly Capital Update
GOV. NIXON VETOES PHOTO VOTER ID REQUIREMENT Gov. Jay Nixon on June 17 vetoed legislation that sought to require voters to show government-issued photo identification at their polling place as a condition of casting a ballot. The Secretary of State’s Office estimates that more than 230,000 legal Missouri voters — especially the elderly, disabled and [...]
Jun 23 – Weekly Capitol Update
GOV. NIXON VETOES PHOTO VOTER ID REQUIREMENT Gov. Jay Nixon on June 17 vetoed legislation that sought to require voters to show government-issued photo identification at their polling place as a condition of casting a ballot. The Secretary of State’s Office estimates that more than 230,000 legal Missouri voters — especially the elderly, disabled and [...]
Kelly on Funds Withheld from MU
In a Columbia Tribune article Rep. Kelly made his displeasure and frustration known with the penalty imposed on the University for raising tuition one-half of 1% more than the Governor’s decree.
CNN: Tornado Cleanup Strains Missouri Budget
In a CNN Money interview, Rep. Kelly questioned the decision to take the money to cover disaster relief from the existing state budget: “We all know we have to deal with the disaster,” said Rep. Chris Kelly, whose district includes the University of Missouri. “Why shouldn’t the entire state carry the burden?” Read the full [...]
Jun 16 – Weekly Capital Update
GOVERNOR MAKES CUTS TO UPCOMING STATE BUDGET Gov. Jay Nixon signed the $23.23 billion state budget for the 2012 fiscal year into law on June 10 but invoked his constitutional authority to bring the budget into balance by restricting $57.1 million in legislatively approved general revenue spending and another $115.1 million in spending from other [...]
Jun 9 – Weekly Capital Update
HIGHWAYS COMMISSION BACKS MoDOT DOWNSIZING The Missouri State Highways and Transportation Commission on June 8 approved plans for a sweeping restructuring of the state Department of Transportation that will reduce its workforce by one-fifth and close 131 facilities, including three of its 10 district offices, by the end of 2013. MoDOT officials hope the plan [...]
Jun 2 – Weekly Capital Update
MISSING FROM JOPLIN TORNADO ALL ACCOUNTED FOR The Missouri Department of Public Safety said on June 1 that all of the 268 people who had been reported missing following the May 22 tornado that devastated Joplin have now been accounted for. Of the missing, 144 people were located alive and the remaining 124 confirmed dead. [...]
