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Missouri Governor Jay Nixon’s Tax Credit Review Commission has released its revised list of recommendations. Some of the original recommendations have…
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This week on the show: new laws go into effect in Missouri. Plus, a fascinating look at the history of the U.S. Senate seat Todd Akin and Claire McCaskill…
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The ongoing drought has intensified slightly in Missouri over the past week, according to new data released by the National Drought Mitigation Center at…
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Arguments were heard Friday on whether a temporary restraining order should be issued against Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan over language she…
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Missouri officials are both praising and condemning President Obama’s executive order today that halts deportation of teenage and young adult illegal immigrants.
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Farmers and environmentalists faced off at a hearing today in Jefferson City over a water project on the Missouri River west of Boonville. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wants to build a new chute at Jameson Island designed to protect the pallid sturgeon and other native fish species. Building it would involve dredging along the Missouri River, and the Corps wants to dump the sediment back into the river. The move is strongly opposed by farm interests. Dale Ludwig with the Missouri Soybean Association says up to a million cubic yards of sediment could be dumped into the Missouri River.
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A researcher at the University of Missouri is trying to find a way to track the most productive cattle to predict future profits. Plus, a quick update on…
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Missouri’s revenues rose more than expected during the month of May. The state collected about $6.6 billion in revenue last month, compared to just under $6.4 billion in May of 2011. Governor Jay Nixon’s Budget Director, Linda Luebbering, credits most of the improvement to higher collections of state income and sales taxes. “That's the good news, things are picking up," Luebbering said. "I think we do have to be cautious, still, because of what’s going on at the national and particularly the international picture, with European Union issues and everything that's going on globally that could have some bearing on the overall economy.”
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It's the final day of the regular legislative session for the Missouri General Assembly. Lawmakers have spent the past week clearing a backlog of bills that accumulated during a showdown over the state budget.
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Most of the big issues this legislative session were tied to the state budget, which has been passed and sent to Governor Jay Nixon. That has many political pundits wondering if the last week of the 2012 session will be anticlimactic. But as St. Louis Public Radio’s Marshall Griffin tells us, there are still a few hot-button items left to fight over. Workers' comp