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  • Blogs

    October 7, 2011

    Sinquefield Donates $1.3 Million to Let Voters Decide; Files Lawsuit Against State Officials

    ​Rex Sinquefield has done it again. On Monday the St. Louis financier opened up his wallet and donated $1.3 million to Let Voters Decide, the campaign committee he's bankrolling that seeks to repeal Missouri's state income tax. Such gifts are not uncommon for Sinquefield. Last October he cut a sin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Lawsuit Filed Against Latest "Fair Tax" Proposals

    Lawuit: Ballot language provides bad road map for voters.​Missourians for Fair Taxation last week filed a lawsuit attempting to change the ballot language for two recent proposals that will ask voters to eliminate state income tax in favor of higher sales taxes in Missouri.The group -- composed of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    Local Control Bill Passes House, Moves to Senate

    The local control bill's passage seems like a sure bet... but then again, so was Tyson over Douglas. Its fate lies in the hands of the State Senate. ​On Friday the Missouri House of Representatives passed the bill that would return control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department back to th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    Missouri Realtors Lead Fight Against "Fair Tax" Initiative

    Missouri realtors not sold on so-called "Fair Tax." ​Financier Rex Sinquefield may have found his most formidable (and numerous) opponent yet: Missouri's licensed real-estate agents. Last week the Missouri Association of Realtors (representing some 18,000 brokers in the state) renewed its oppositi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    Missouri Top 10 State for CO2 Emissions

    Missouri legislators want to overturn a 2008 ballot initiative requiring state utilities to produce 15 percent of their energy from clean sources in 2021.​Missouri's carbon-dioxide output from coal-fired power plants increased last year by nearly nine percent, to more than 83 million tons. The ris ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Puppy Mill Pushback: Bill to Gut Prop B Advances in Missouri House

    Kase WickmanThe legislature could undo the measure that anti-puppy mill groups spent more than $4 million to push to voters.​A bill that would repeal key provisions of the voter-approved Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act, better known as Proposition B, sailed through a committee of the Missouri Ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    Missouri's New Republican Auditor Shows His Stripes on Income Tax

    Tom Schweich: Would you believe this guy is an accountant?​Missouri's new state auditor, Tom Schweich, said yesterday that he would not provide a financial impact statement to nine different ballot measures calling for the elimination of the state's income tax. The effort to replace Missouri's inc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Sinquefield's Tax Reform Labeled "Fiscally Untenable"; Could Require 12% Sales Tax

    jamesrmoody.comJames Moody​An analysis of nine ballot initiatives financier Rex Sinquefield submitted to state officials this month calling for the elimination of Missouri's income tax has concluded that the state would require a sales tax of 12 percent in order to make up for lost revenue if any ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    Missouri Senator Bill Stouffer Files Bill to Repeal Puppy Mill Law

    stoufferforcongress.comDog gone it, Bill Stouffer.​Last week, we told you how Missouri legislators were howling that they would repeal a ballot initiative passed November 2 placing new restrictions on dog breeders. Proposition B, aimed to tackle Missouri's designation as the Puppy Mill Capital of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    Just to Clarify, Russ Carnahan Opposes Puppy Mills

    And they call it puppy love...​Updated at 1:58 p.m. with comment from Ed Martin's campaign.We weren't able to attend last Friday's debate between Congressman Russ Carnahan and Republican challenger Ed Martin (and token Constitution Party candidate Nicholas Ivanovich). That said, one thing from the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    Opposition to Repeal of St. Louis Earnings Tax Predicts Win on Proposition A

    Prop. A loses -- barely.​A group fighting financier Rex Sinquefield's ballot measure to eliminate earnings taxes in St. Louis and Kansas City believe they have a good shot at defeating Proposition A in November. Today the group United for Missouri's Priorities released figures from a poll suggesti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2010

    Obamacare Litigation Update: Missouri's Vote Today Could Actually Count

    Today, Missouri voters will weigh a measure that would reject a key provision of President Barack Obama's health care reform package -- the provision mandating that individuals either find insurance coverage, or pay a fine. Missouri votes on a referendum to stop Obama's plan today.â ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2010

    Watchdog Group Questions Integrity of Missouri's Ballot Initiative Process

    Before heading to the primary polls today to vote on Prop C and the Blunt-Carnahan senate seat, you probably ought to peruse the 2010 "Report Card" from the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center.In their annual report, the Washington D.C.-based think tank assigned letter grades for the 24 states that al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2010

    Missourians to Vote in August to Accept or Reject Federal Health Care Law

    Don't call it childish. Call it politics.​The Missouri House today passed legislation calling for a referendum on the federal health care law signed by the president earlier this year. As St. Louis Public Radio reports, the legislation approved today does not require approval from the governor or ... More >>

  • News

    April 14, 2010

    The Humane Society and big agriculture slug it out over animal rights

    Don't call it childish. Call it politics.​The Missouri House today passed legislation calling for a referendum on the federal health care law signed by the president earlier this year. As St. Louis Public Radio reports, the legislation approved today does not require approval from the governor or ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    "Mayor-Juana" Cottleville's Don Yarber A Hit At Missouri NORML Meeting

    photo by Keegan HamiltonDon Yarber's mustache also supports medical marijuana in Missouri​Riverfront Times founder Ray Hartmann had to cancel his speaking engagement Saturday at Missouri NORML's Spring Conference on Cherokee Street.Maybe it was just the mellow attitudes of the two dozen or so peop ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    The Controversy of Tim Tebow's Super Bowl Ad is Old News in St. Louis

    Amen. Here in St. Louis we like to think we clap for the other team when they make a good play. We're gracious and forgiving of our pro athletes (fans here give needle-in-the-butt guys like Mark McGwire minutes-long standing ovations.) We love them, even when they're not talking about sports a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2009

    The Latest from Birther Conspiracist, "World's Worst Person" -- Mo. Rep. Cynthia Davis

    On the positive side, Rep. Davis' new bill would guarantee they'll never be another politician just like her.​We here at Daily RFT love state Rep. Cynthia Davis (R - O'Fallon). Why? 'Cause she provides great copy. First time was back in June when Davis made headlines for a newsletter to her consti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    Legal Challenge to Smoking Ban Would Be Tough Sell, Say Law Experts

    ​Even before voters in St. Louis County overwhelmingly approved a smoking ban last week, opponents of the ban warned that they might challenge the statute in court.  At a press conference in October, Bill Hannegan of "Vote No on Proposition N" and Keep St. Louis Free said he and others were e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2008

    St. Louis Post-Dispatch Gets Political With Its Online Advertising

    On the eve of Election Day two weeks ago, some online readers of the Post-Dispatch opened their inboxes to find an intriguing note from the local daily: an e-mail touting Proposition A, the controversial gambling ballot initiative that aimed to do away with the $500 loss limits enforced at the state ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2008

    Prop 8 Leaves Some Missourians in Marital Limbo

    Crowds huddled around the Old Courthouse Saturday afternoon to protest California's recently passed ban on same-sex marriage. More Photos The high temperature was 39 degrees, but when in the middle of a crowd of a couple hundred people, the temperature was warmer, as the audience reacted to the w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2008

    Prop 8 Protest Set for Saturday at Old Courthouse

    Update: Coverage and photos of the protest: "Prop 8 Leaves Some Missourians in Marital Limbo" A protest against California's Proposition 8, which bans gay marriage, is set for noon Saturday on the steps of the Old Courthouse. Show Me No Hate has been set up to inform people about the demonstrat ... More >>

  • News

    October 29, 2008

    ¡Ask a Mexican! Disappearing act: Why does his Mexican boyfriend pretend like he doesn't exist?

    Update: Coverage and photos of the protest: "Prop 8 Leaves Some Missourians in Marital Limbo" A protest against California's Proposition 8, which bans gay marriage, is set for noon Saturday on the steps of the Old Courthouse. Show Me No Hate has been set up to inform people about the demonstrat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2008

    Sports Teams Cheer for Proposition M

    Update: Coverage and photos of the protest: "Prop 8 Leaves Some Missourians in Marital Limbo" A protest against California's Proposition 8, which bans gay marriage, is set for noon Saturday on the steps of the Old Courthouse. Show Me No Hate has been set up to inform people about the demonstrat ... More >>

  • News

    August 27, 2003

    Slayer

    Could the mayor's uncanny habit of making enemies wreck the charter-reform effort?

  • Music

    February 5, 2003

    Mood Indigo

    Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, better known as the Indigo Girls, still strike the right chord

  • News

    November 20, 2002

    Wal-Mart World

    Callow's handiwork in Maplewood may spell money trouble for the city

  • News

    October 23, 2002

    Déjà Vu

    The Cards overreached -- now San Francisco shows them the way

  • News

    October 9, 2002

    School Daze

    Tom Bauer's "student bill of rights" stirs up a storm over the future of the city's public schools

  • News

    June 26, 2002

    Splish-Splash

    Busted waterworks balloon shows Slay hasn't learned a Cardinal rule

  • News

    May 29, 2002

    Nowhere Road

    What Slay was willing to give up for the stadium deal that died

  • News

    February 9, 2000

    Show Me E.T.

    UFO ballot initiative has Carnahan aide calling for Ashcroft's abduction

  • News

    March 3, 1999

    Clearing the Air

    Challenged by pro-business groups more interested in profit than in clean air, attorney Lewis C. Green fights to make the government enforce its own air-quality standards

  • News

    February 17, 1999

    Animal Kingdom

    A proposal before the Missouri Legislature seems tailored to make the Department of Conservation, already a fiefdom unto itself, even less answerable to citizens

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