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State and Provincial Budgets

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2012

    House Transportation Bill Would Gut Metro Funding

    ​The US House of Representatives is scheduled to discuss today its version of the 2012 transportation bill -- a bill that could have major ramifications for the City and the counties.If passed, the bill, HR 7, states that mass transit would no longer automatically receive one-fifth of the fuel tax ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Hundreds Flock to Jay Nixon's Downtown Fundraiser

    ​Daily RFT didn't get an invite* to Governor Jay Nixon's fundraiser yesterday, but apparently hundreds of other people did.A source in attendance tells Daily RFT that an estimated 600 people arrived last night at the Renaissance Grand downtown to support Nixon in his bid for re-election. David Pea ... More >>

  • 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 12, 2011

    Study: "Fair Tax" Would Cost Missouri $2.5 Billion, Reduce General Revenue By a Third

    Latest analysis predicts dire consequences of "fair tax."​The Missouri Budget Project is out with a new study that it says shows that several "fair tax" proposals for Missouri would cost the state billions. The report suggests that the efforts of financier Rex Sinquefield to replace Missouri's inc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2011

    Illinois' Big Free Money Giveaway!

    image via​Illinois State Treasurer Dan Rutherford is a wealthy man. Right now he's sitting on about $1.5 billion that he just can't wait to give away...to you! OK, there are a few catches, but aren't there always? But here are two good things: It won't cost you any money and you won't have to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2011

    Sales Tax Could Reach 10-13 Percent If Rex Sinquefield Has His Way

    Something like that.​Financier Rex Sinquefield, via his attorneys, filed nine initiative petitions Friday with the Secretary of State's Office calling for the elimination of the state income tax. Before being placed on the November 2012 ballot, the petitions would require signatures from two-third ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2010

    Lawsuit in Works Over Bill to Outlaw Nudity at Missouri Nudy Clubs

    ​One hundred thousand dollars. That's all the supporters of state Sen. Matt Bartle's bill S.B. 586 say the legislation will cost Missouri and local municipalities in lost tax revenue each year. That's $100,000 for a bill that could force the closure of an estimated 60 percent Missouri's 130 adult- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    Re: Missouri Ban of Synthetic Marijuana -- K2 -- Could Come Soon

    Image viaWill a K2 ban keep Missouri's children from becoming potheads?​While Missouri lawmakers are busy attempting to make fake pot illegal, voters in California gathered enough signatures to put a measure that would legalize real pot for recreational use on their November ballot. If approved -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2010

    Can Facebook Save Missouri's Parents as Teachers?

    ​The news keeps getting worse for Missouri's Parents as Teachers, the model early education concept founded here in 1984 and now duplicated in 3,000 programs across the nation and in eight other countries. Last year, state legislators cut $3.4 million in funding for Parents as Teachers for this fi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2009

    'Fess Up Now: Who Left Their Lint Brush in a Safe-Deposit Box?

    Missouri State Treasurer's OfficePill boxes, salad tongs and a lint brush: Who would ever leave such treasures in a safe deposit box ? It's that time of year again: The Missouri State Treasurer's Office is trying desperately to clean out its vault full of unclaimed loot. (These are items that folks ... More >>

  • News

    January 2, 2002

    Trust Us

    Six months after political heavyweights signed an agreement with the Cardinals, a deal is still up in the air

  • News

    August 2, 2000

    A Primary Primer from a Bad Attitude Guy

    Published the week of August 2-8, 2000

  • News

    March 29, 2000

    Missing the Big Picture

    Missouri's tax system needs an overhaul, not a holiday

  • News

    November 10, 1999

    BLANCHE BENEFITS FROM THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS

    A review of UM-St. Louis pronounces the university fiscally sound, but critics continue to question Chancellor Blanche Touhill's spending priorities

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