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Legislation seeks to curb welfare fraud

Person: Associated Press — Thu, 16 May 2013 22:22:07 +0000

Missouri welfare recipients would be barred from spending their cash benefits at casinos, liquor stores or strip clubs under legislation sent to Gov. Jay Nixon.

Mo. bill would limit Highway Patrol purchases

Associated Press — Tue, 14 May 2013 21:21:02 +0000

The Missouri State Highway Patrol would need to ask lawmakers for permission to purchase vehicles that cost more than $100,000 under a bill sent to Gov. Jay Nixon.

Mo. unemployment rate declines in April

Associated Press and Kristofor Husted — Tue, 14 May 2013 21:11:54 +0000

For the month of April, Missouri employers added more than 12,000 new jobs while the state’s unemployment rate dropped to 6.6 percent.

Mo. House not giving info on gun database access

Associated Press — Wed, 08 May 2013 21:23:49 +0000

The Missouri House is not planning to give Gov. Jay Nixon's administration data related to an attempted access of the list of gun permit holders.

Nixon denounces partial funding of license agency

Marshall Griffin — Wed, 08 May 2013 21:20:49 +0000

Democratic Governor Jay Nixon on Wednesday warned Republican lawmakers that he’ll lay off state workers if full funding isn’t restored to the budget for the Missouri Department of Revenue’s Motor Vehicles division.

Mo. Senate passes funding for hospital, Capitol

Associated Press — Wed, 08 May 2013 20:56:40 +0000

The Missouri Senate has passed additional funding for Capitol repairs, design plans for a new facility at the state mental hospital and for the state parks system.

Proposed tax cut scaled back by Mo. Senate Republicans

Marshall Griffin — Wed, 08 May 2013 13:51:45 +0000

Republicans in the Missouri Senate have scaled back a proposal to cut state taxes in order to emulate tax cuts in neighboring Kansas and Oklahoma.

Governor Jay Nixon (D) has strongly objected to the bill's sales tax hike, saying it would hurt the poor and elderly the most. That provision has been dropped. House Bill 253 would now cut the personal income tax rate by half a percentage point and the corporate rate by three points, and phase them both in over the next 10 years. Republican Will Kraus of Lee’s Summit is handling the measure in the Sena

Gov. Nixon remains opposed to tax legislation

Person: Associated Press — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:48:39 +0000

Gov. Jay Nixon says he remains opposed to a bill that would raise the state sales tax while cutting income taxes for individuals and businesses.

Nixon released a statement Thursday saying that a sales tax increase would shift the tax burden to seniors and veterans on fixed incomes. He said it "is not the right approach to growing our economy or creating jobs."

His reaction comes after the House passed a bill Wednesday that would gradually cut the individual income tax by two-thirds of a percentage point over five years while also reducing business taxes.

Nixon expects more than 1,000 to rally for Medicaid expansion

Associated Press — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:48:38 +0000

Gov. Jay Nixon's administration says it is expecting more than 1,000 people to rally at the Missouri Capitol in support of Medicaid expansion. The Democratic governor plans to speak at this afternoon's event as part of his effort to expand Medicaid to more lower-income adults as envisioned by the federal health care law.

Republican legislators so far have refused to embrace a Medicaid expansion. And the prospects may be getter dimmer.

Koster has more than $400,000 ready for gubernatorial race

Associated Press — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:37:03 +0000

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has more than $400,000 in the bank as he makes plans for a 2016 gubernatorial race.

Koster filed a quarterly finance report Monday indicating he had $419,348 in his account as of the end of March. The Democratic attorney general confirmed last week that he is "making the necessary preparations" to run for governor.