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Steve Tilley

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    May 22, 2012

    UPDATE: Giving the Rush Bust All the Honor it Deserves

    UPDATE May 22, 3 p.m.: Our plans have been foiled. ABC News reports that a 24-hour surveillance camera will be placed in front of the Rush bust. It is the only statue in the Hall of Famous Missourians to be so honored. ------- Despite the best efforts of House Democrats, the bust of Rush Limbaugh ... More >>

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    March 28, 2012

    Evil Republican Legislators Cut Aid to the Blind

    It's that lovely time of year when it becomes imperative that the state legislature finish wrangling over the budget so everyone can get the hell out of Jeff City and go home for the summer. And so last week, the House approved a $24 billion spending plan, now on its way to the Senate. Facing a $50 ... More >>

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    January 3, 2012

    Jamilah Nasheed Is Running For State Senate

    ​Today state Representative Jamilah Nasheed, subject of our August feature story Just Who Does Jamilah Nasheed Think She Is?, announced that she is running for the state Senate seat currently held by Robin Wright-Jones. Nasheed, who is in the middle of her third term in the state House, immediat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    Peter Kinder Will Not Be Running for Governor

    Peter Kinder's had a rough year.​Today Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder announced that he will not run for governor. Instead he will seek a third term at his current seat. On one hand this is mildly surprising considering that he's been considered the GOP front-runner to challenge Governor Jay Ni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2011

    Steve Tilley Drops Out of Race for Lieutenant Governor

    Tilley, the 2012 lieutenant governor frontrunner dropped out of the race yesterday.​It's been a rough few weeks for Missouri Speaker of the House Steve Tilley. In mid-October he disclosed that he and his wife of eighteen years, Kellie, were divorcing. Then in early November, with the proceedings ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    Local Control Bill in Legislative Limbo as Senate and House Debate Economic Development Package

    ​The state Senate leadership, notably Senate President Pro Tem Rob Mayer, R-Dexter, has said that they will likely not be debating or voting on any other bills this special session until after the two legislative chambers pass the economic development bill. The economic development bill, they poin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Reports: Legislative Leaders Approve Subsidies for China Hub

    Legislators make the numbers add up.​Word is that Republican leaders in the Missouri House and Senate have hammered out a deal to provide $360 million in tax credits to subsidize construction and flights for a proposed cargo hub at Lambert St. Louis International Airport. The full legislature woul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Non-Racist St. Louis Tea Party Has Odd Way of Showing It

    The handiwork of St. Louis Tea Party lobbyist Gary Wiegert's has been described as "race-baiting" -- and that's a Republican who said that.​We know. We know. Despite the findings of the NAACP and the curious links between its better-known mouthpieces and hate groups, the Tea Party is not a racist ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    "Race Baiting" Video Suggests Black Panthers Behind Effort for Local Control of Police

    Danger alert! Black radicals will control St. Louis police department!!!​The St. Louis Tea Party and a former president of the St. Louis Police Officers Association have sunk to new lows in their attempts to thwart an effort to restore local control of the St. Louis police department. Last Thursda ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    Missouri Legislature Targets Midwives

    The Missouri Medical Association is trying to stop midwives -- again.​Four years ago, the Missouri Legislature decriminalized midwifery -- making it legal for a woman who's certified by one of two national midwives' organizations to deliver babies here.But the state's physicians don't like the com ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    Bills To Increase Missouri's Cigarette Tax Face Uphill Battle; State Has Lowest Tax in Nation

    ​With Missouri scrambling for money to fund its budget, you'd think that hiking up the state's lowest-in-the-nation cigarette tax of 17-cents per pack might be an easy place to start. Think again. As St. Louis Public Radio reports state Rep. Mary Still (D - Columbia) has filed two bills to raise t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2010

    Steve Tilley, Will Royster, John Rizzo and the Battle for the 40th District

    Steve Tilley, incoming Speaker of the House​Reading the front page of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch yesterday, we were stunned to learn that the new Speaker of the House, Steve Tilley, may decide to "refuse to seat a new representative from Kansas City" over allegations of voter fraud. That represen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2010

    Sinquefield Gives $200,000 to Politician Who Ran Unopposed, Wants to End State Income Tax

    Tilley: Young power broker has Sinquefield to thank for part of his fortune. ​Last Tuesday, financier Rex Sinquefield won the first round of an effort to rid St. Louis and Kansas City of income taxes. On Wednesday, the man whose million of dollars in campaign contributions are transforming Missour ... More >>

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