Saturday, January 5, 2013
A roundup of political stories on both the statewide and national level.
Editor's Note: The following articles were aggregated from the St. Louis Beacon You can read more about each story by clicking on the headline. Third Missouri firm obtains judicial order to temporarily bar contraceptive-coverage mandate (St. Louis Beacon) A third Missouri firm has obtained a federal judge’s restraining order barring enforcement of the Affordable Care Act’s provision requiring that non-church employers provide contraceptive coverage to insured workers.The three Missouri orders -- which cite the firms' religious objections -- contrast with the rejections of similar claims in several lawsuits filed in other states. - - - - - Opening day of new Congress: Kirk walks the walk, McCaskill is sworn in, Wagner celebrates (St. Louis…
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Our roundup of some of the Missouri political stories that hit the media this week.
Editor's Note: The following articles were aggregated from the St. Louis Beacon You can read more about each story by clicking on the headline. On edge of fiscal cliff, White House calls meeting but lawmakers are pessimistic (St. Louis Beacon) With just a few days before the fiscal cliff, President Obama and Congress plan to return to Washington. Lawmakers say there isn't enough time for a grand bargain and Senate Majority Leader Reid said Thursday that there likely was not time to reach a deal by the Jan. 2 deadline. - - - - - Nixon names top executive at Grace Hill to head state Department of Social Services (St. Louis Beacon) Alan O. Freeman, president and chief executive officer of St. Louis-based Grace Hill Health Centers, has been …
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Our roundup of some of the Missouri political stories that hit the media this week.
Editor's Note: The following articles were aggregated from the St. Louis Beacon You can read more about each story by clicking on the headline. Missouri's next budget reflects a big change -- the first real growth since 2008 (St. Louis Beacon) Unlike the last few years, Missouri's state leaders charged with crafting a new state budget can focus less on spending cuts and more on how they want to spend a little extra money that’s expected to come in. - - - - - As Newtown's impact reverberates, Missouri lawmakers wonder what to do next (St. Louis Beacon) For some Missouri state lawmakers, the shooting at a Connecticut elementary school is prompting introspection and a call for action. And for other legislators, not enough time has passed to …
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Our roundup of some of the Missouri political stories that hit the media this week.
Editor's Note: The following articles were aggregated from several news organizations in Missouri. You can read more about each story by clicking on the headline. Projected state 'fiscal cliff' losses are speculative but instructive (St. Louis Beacon) If the White House and Congress can't agree on how to avoid the "fiscal cliff" by year's end, Missouri and Illinois would be hit by the across-the-board cuts in federal spending in January. Universities, defense firms and military installations would be among those affected. - - - - - Jones considers bid for lieutenant governor, plans effort to curb labor rights (St. Louis Beacon) New Missouri House Speaker Tim Jones confirms that he’s considering a bid for lieutenant governor, should …
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Our roundup of some of the Missouri political stories that hit the media this week.
Editor's Note: The following articles were aggregated from several news organizations in Missouri. You can read more about each story by clicking on the headline. Emerson's departure gives another spin to the congressional 'revolving door' (St. Louis Beacon) Rep. Jo Ann Emerson's decision to leave Congress early next year to lead the nation’s electric cooperative association followed a time-honored tradition of lawmakers going through the revolving door. What are the main rules that govern such transitions? - - - - - Nixon sets fundraising record in Missouri campaign year where victors spent the most (St. Louis Beacon) Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, a Democrat, raised more than $16 million for his successful re-election bid Nov. 6 – and spent …
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Our roundup of some of the Missouri political stories that hit the media this week.
Editor's Note: The following articles were aggregated from several news organizations in Missouri. You can read more about each story by clicking on the headline. Expanding Medicaid called a 'win-win' for jobs, tax revenue in Missouri (St. Louis Beacon) A study commissioned by the Missouri Hospital Association and the Missouri Foundation for Health says expanding Medicaid is in the state's best interest because it would increase employment and extend health coverage to the uninsured. - - - - - Nixon favors expanding Medicaid program (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) Gov. Jay Nixon wants to expand Missouri’s Medicaid program to provide health care coverage to some 220,000 uninsured adults in the state. “As governor I have both the opportunity and…
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Our roundup of some of the Missouri political stories that hit the media this week.
Editor's Note: The following articles were aggregated from several news organizations in Missouri. You can read more about each story by clicking on the headline. Missouri leaders call for fiscal cliff solution (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) A bipartisan group of Missouri leaders gathered at the Capitol Monday to call on Congress to address the looming fiscal cliff and the growing federal debt. Former Republican U.S. Sen. Kit Bond called the country’s growing $16 trillion debt situation “a real national crisis.” “Everything has to be on the table,” he said. “We have a problem in spending, we have a problem in revenues and we have a problem in growth.” Missourian in quest to free Bangladeshi newspaper owner from jail (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) A …
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Our weekly roundup of Missouri political stories that hit the media this week.
Editor's Note: The following articles were aggregated from several news organizations in Missouri. You can read more about each story by clicking on the headline. Lack of a Republican bench worries Sen. John Lamping (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) Like many Republicans, state Sen. John Lamping of Ladue was disappointed in the election results in Missouri last week. Though Republicans improved their already-strong majority in the Missouri House and retained their two-thirds majority in the Missouri Senate, they lost four of the five races for statewide offices. Lamping, 50, is a relative newcomer to politics. After working in the financial industry in New York and St. Louis, he won the 24th District Missouri Senate seat in St. Louis County two …
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Our weekly roundup of Missouri political stories that hit the media this week.
Editor's Note: The following articles were aggregated from several news organizations in Missouri. You can read more about each story by clicking on the headline. Sen. Claire McCaskill won with more than just Todd Akin's comments (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) On the cusp of a body-blow election loss eight years ago, Claire McCaskill knew exactly what had happened. The Rolla, Mo., native believed she had forgotten her rural roots, focusing her campaign too heavily on St. Louis and Kansas City. Missouri responded that year by electing Republican Matt Blunt as governor instead of her. McCaskill’s landslide re-election to the U.S. Senate Tuesday came in part from a “rural strategy,” employed from within a roving campaign RV dubbed “Big Blue,” …
Saturday, November 3, 2012
McCaskill and Akin head into final weekend of heated race, money in politics and more—our roundup of some of the Missouri political stories that hit the media this week.
Editor's Note: The following articles were aggregated from several news organizations in Missouri. You can read more about each story by clicking on the headline. McCaskill, Akin headed into final weekend of heated Senate race (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) Missouri's nationally watched U.S. Senate race heads into its final weekend with incumbent Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill making a mad scramble around the state in the shadow of polls showing Republican challenger Todd Akin gaining on her. “It reminds me a little bit of when you try a case,” McCaskill, a former prosecutor, said on her campaign RV between stops Wednesday night. “It's the last five days of deliberations.” Akin, meanwhile, is apparently sticking to his strategy of quietly …
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7:34 pm on Tuesday, January 1, 2013
"Obviously there is no time left to ping-pong proposals," the aide told Fox News. "The Speaker was kept appraised throughout the negotiations. There are no surprises in this bill, and the House needs to pass it as is. If House Republicans mess with this agreement that got 88 votes in the Senate, they will be solely responsible for the largest tax hike in American history." That's what a GOP … more ›