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2010 Economy & Jobs Stories

• 12/ 9/2010: Newspaper Story - Nixon discusses his canceled trip to Taiwan and tactics for upcoming session.
• 12/ 8/2010: Radio Story - Over Capacity in Emergency Shelters Force Women Into the Cold
• 12/ 7/2010: Radio Story - For the second time in as many days, Missouri's governor refused to answer questions after he delayed a trade trip to Asia.
• 12/ 7/2010: Newspaper Story - Obama's proposed compromise on the estate tax could generate more revenue for the state.
• 12/ 7/2010: Radio Story - Estate tax, unemployment benefits could have second life
• 12/ 7/2010: Radio Story - Missouri Governor Jay Nixon's budget analyzed in budget meeting
• 12/ 2/2010: Radio Story - This month 43,000 unemployed Missourians will lose their benefits.
• 12/ 2/2010: Radio Story - Missouri Governor Jay Nixon plans trip to Taiwan and South Korea to trade Missouri's exports
• 12/ 1/2010: Newspaper Story - The Missouri Gaming Commission unanimously selected Cape Girardeau and Isle of Capri to receive the state's sole gaming license.
• 12/ 1/2010: Radio Story - Missouri Gaming Commission unanimously voted to award the final casino bid to Cape Gireadu and Isle of Capri
• 11/30/2010: Radio Story - Casino proposals to be reviewed at Missouri Gaming Commission meeting on December 1st
• 11/30/2010: Radio Story - The Missouri AFL - CIO says the National Salary Freeze for Federal Employees is a mistake.
• 11/17/2010: Radio Story - The Tax Review Commission recommended a cut in the cap for the Historic Tax Credit program at Wednesday's review meeting.
• 11/16/2010: Radio Story - Two votes to slash Missouri's historic tax credits failed Tuesday in a subcommitee of the broader Tax Credit Review Commission.
• 11/16/2010: Radio Story - The Missouri State Capital along with four other cities has been selected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to receive a federal grant to renovate.
• 11/16/2010: Newspaper Story - The tax credit that helps recoup old buildings survived an amendment that would have reduced its budget $50 million.
• 11/11/2010: Newspaper Story - Business and labor renew debate over "right to work" efforts for 2011
• 11/ 9/2010: Radio Story - Missouri looks to borrowing money to cover unemployment payment obligations of business.
• 11/ 9/2010: Radio Story - The Missouri Chamber of Commerce is on board with Right to Work legislation
• 11/ 9/2010: Radio Story - Organized labor oppose Republican leaders' plans
• 11/ 9/2010: Radio Story - The Missouri Labor Commission is considering bonding as a way to pay back debt due to unemployment funding.
• 10/26/2010: Radio Story - Missouri Realtors look for Missourians to pass Amendment three, the ban of a property tansfer tax.
• 10/20/2010: Radio Story - St. Louis is one of three seeking the final gaming commission bid
• 10/14/2010: Radio Story - Kansas City Public Television hosted the first debate between Missouri U.S. Senate candidates Robin Carnahan and Roy Blunt.
• 10/12/2010: Radio Story - The earnings Tax in St. Louis and Kansas City is part of the budget but how much does it really make up? Jamal Andress has more from the state capitol.
• 10/ 5/2010: Radio Story - On November 2nd, Missourians will get the chance to make a property transfer tax unconstitutional.
• 10/ 5/2010: Radio Story - A background feature on Proposition A that would restrict cities imposing earnings taxes.
• 9/30/2010: Newspaper Story - Three years after the immigration raid that detained about two dozen illegal workers, Sam's Janitorial Services is back to cleaning state government buildings.
• 9/30/2010: Radio Story - The company that was the focus of a federal illegal worker raid three years ago is back in business with the state, and a second business with the same address is about to start a state contract, too.
• 9/16/2010: Newspaper Story - UM System President Gary Forsee said Thursday that maintaining a tuition freeze would
• 9/10/2010: Radio Story - Missouri Digital News's Theo Keith interviews Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Robin Carnahan on the economy, trailing in the polls, and those pesky robo-calls.
• 9/ 9/2010: Newspaper Story - A moderage agenda emerges from Claire McCaskill's concluding series of town hall meetings in Missouri.
• 9/ 8/2010: Newspaper Story - The state auditor has released a report blasting two major tax credit programs just as the governor's tax credit reform commission gets underway.
• 9/ 8/2010: Radio Story - Audit shows tax credit program falls victim to data errors and inflated forecasts.
• 9/ 7/2010: Radio Story - The list of contestants for Missouri's final casino license is down to four, and two St. Louis area proposals are still in the running.
• 9/ 2/2010: Radio Story - The Missouri Gaming Commission will choose a priority candidate for the state's up-for-grabs casino license by year's end.
• 9/ 2/2010: Radio Story - Missouri's revenue rises in August, although tax collection is still down this fiscal year
• 8/26/2010: Radio Story - A record 122,000 Missourians are investing in the state's college-savings plan.
• 8/26/2010: Radio Story - A St. Louis-based Market Strategist gave advice on avioding the effects of a double-dip recession.
• 8/26/2010: Radio Story - A Missouri judge will decide Friday if a law limiting the state's adult entertainment industry takes effect.
• 5/14/2010: Newspaper Story - The 2010 legislative session wrapped up with house passage of ethics reform while Senate debated jobs
• 5/12/2010: Radio Story - Gov. Jay Nixon spent another day pushing tax credits for businesses.
• 5/12/2010: Newspaper Story - Overview of legislative progress on May 12, 2010
• 5/ 5/2010: Newspaper Story - Revenue numbers improved slightly in April due in a large part to one particularly good day.
• 4/29/2010: Radio Story - After over 2 months of preparing to cut the budget by half a billion dollars, the House and Senate passed the final budget bills
• 4/28/2010: Newspaper Story - Lawmakers clear the state's education budgets.
• 4/27/2010: Newspaper Story - Gov. Jay Nixon held a teleconference with higher education officials Tuesday to discuss the need for tax credit reform to help underfunded education institutions in Missouri.
• 4/26/2010: Radio Story - Just days after the speaker of the House said he would not address tax credits this session, the state auditor said the program is creating major problems for Missouri.
• 4/26/2010: Newspaper Story - The state auditor said Monday that Missouri tax credits will require more government controls and better fiscal projections.
• 4/26/2010: Newspaper Story - The House gave first-round approval to an appropriations bill with an amendment that would restore $31 million in funding for Ellis Fischel Cancer Center.
• 4/26/2010: Newspaper Story - Despite more than $400 million in cuts to Nixon's budget recommendation, the state's budget director says more cuts are likely needed.
• 4/22/2010: Newspaper Story - Nixon is cutting an additional $45 million from Missouri's current fiscal year budget in the wake of plummeting state revenue
• 4/21/2010: Newspaper Story - Speaker Ron Richard said he's not letting any economic development bill get passed his desk.
• 4/20/2010: Radio Story - The senate passed a bill that creates a new retirement plan for new state employees.
• 4/20/2010: Newspaper Story - New state employees would have to wait longer to retire and receive benefits
• 4/19/2010: Newspaper Story - A bill advanced in the Senate on Monday that would reduce in home services for poorer Missourians, as the state looks to balance its budget.
• 4/19/2010: Radio Story - The state Senate advanced a bill Monday that would cut some Medicaid services for Missouri seniors, but legislators emphasized the measure's cost-saving potential.
• 4/15/2010: Newspaper Story - The Ellis Fischel Cancer Center has another chance to receive funding for its new cancer facility
• 4/14/2010: Radio Story - Governor Nixon is under fire after saying part of a budget bill is unconstitutional
• 4/13/2010: Newspaper Story - Missouri's Senate approved a package of bills to cut the size of state spending.
• 4/12/2010: Newspaper Story - The Senate begins debating budget Wednesday
• 4/12/2010: Radio Story - The Missouri Senate voted to require new state employee's to contribute to their own retirement system
• 4/ 7/2010: Radio Story - Missouri's governor says he hasn't hidden anything from lawmakers or Missourians during the budget process.
• 4/ 7/2010: Radio Story - Manufacturing Jobs Act will reward companies that create or keep Missouri jobs
• 4/ 7/2010: Newspaper Story - MU officials have faith the tuition freeze plan will be upheld, despite a cut proposed Tuesday by the Senate Appropriations Committee
• 4/ 6/2010: Radio Story - A Special Standing Committee on General Laws discussed a bill that would stop funding to the NFL if they continue to blackout broadcasts
• 3/27/2010: Newspaper Story - Top priorities before Missouri's legislature remain unresolved in the final seven weeks of the session.
• 3/24/2010: Newspaper Story - The House balanced the budget for next year by cutting education, social services and agriculture
• 3/23/2010: Radio Story - Missouri's senators are working in small group with assigned topics to figure where they could decrease spending
• 3/23/2010: Radio Story - The Senate work day panel on General government discussed mandated furloughs and a consolidated state health system.
• 3/23/2010: Radio Story - 4 Senators spent the day evaluating ways to adjust tax structure
• 3/23/2010: Newspaper Story - Senate work sessions aim to address budget cuts
• 3/22/2010: Radio Story - The Missouri Senate received over 1500 e-mails in its campaign to cut spending in state government.
• 3/22/2010: Newspaper Story - House Democrats are preparing a flurry of amendments to the budget as House debate on the budget begins.
• 3/18/2010: Radio Story - In their second day of meetings, the House Budget Committee failed to make significant cuts in the fiscal year 2011 budget.
• 3/15/2010: Newspaper Story - Belly dancers highlight a Census event at the Missouri Capitol on Monday.
• 3/15/2010: Newspaper Story - House Budget Chairman Allen Icet, R-Wildwood, said Monday that a new revised revenue estimate for next year will likley not come in time for the House to adjust its budget numbers.
• 3/ 4/2010: Newspaper Story - About 100 protesters gathered on the Capitol steps Thursday morning to criticize Republican state leaders and wealthy conservative businessman Rex Sinquefield.
• 3/ 4/2010: Radio Story - Republican and Democratic Caucuses held press conferences to express priorities for the second half of session.
• 3/ 2/2010: Radio Story - Gov. Nixon met with the Senate Republican Caucus to discuss more budget cuts
• 3/ 2/2010: Radio Story - Republicans and Democrats sparred over the effectiveness of Gov. Nixon's closed-door budget negotiations.
• 2/23/2010: Radio Story - In the process of cutting five percent from the state budget, the Department of Corrections would be forced to close 2 prisons.
• 2/22/2010: Newspaper Story - A proposed bill would deduct $2 twice a month from the governor's paycheck to play the lottery, with potential winnings helping to shore up the budget.
• 2/22/2010: Newspaper Story - An anticipated extension of federal stabilization funds budgeted by Gov. Jay Nixon for next year wasn't included in a U.S. Senate bill passed Monday.
• 2/18/2010: Newspaper Story - A House appropriations committee rejects a call to trim five percent from the state's prison budget.
• 2/17/2010: Radio Story - Universities cut-back in order to deal with tough economic times.
• 2/16/2010: Radio Story - A House Jobs committee bill would give small businesses a tax credit for hiring teens during the summer.
• 2/16/2010: Radio Story - Proposed lowering of the minimum wage brings heated debate to a senate hearing.
• 2/11/2010: Radio Story - The House passes welfare recipient drug testing bill while the Senate holds one back.
• 2/11/2010: Newspaper Story - Sen. Kurt Schaefer said money allocated to buy an historic Boonville bridge would be better spent on other rail projects across the state.
• 2/10/2010: Newspaper Story - Icet sent a strongly worded response to U.S. Sen Claire McCaskill urging her to stay out of the Missouri budget process.
• 2/10/2010: Newspaper Story - A bill would lift a ban that prohibits former drug users from using food stamps.
• 2/10/2010: Radio Story - The use of force could be justified for caregivers in the case of self-defense.
• 2/ 9/2010: Radio Story - The Missouri House passed an amendment clarifying motives of the Balanced Budget Resolution
• 2/ 8/2010: Radio Story - With its most recent multi-million dollar investment at One City Center, the state Development Financing Board now owns three downtown St. Louis parking garages.
• 2/ 8/2010: Newspaper Story - Members of the Senate Appropriations Committee are mixed about whether they should review tax credits as part of the appropriations process.
• 2/ 3/2010: Radio Story - One week after the state Gaming Commission voted to strip the President riverboat casino of its gaming license, a Senate committee heard a bill Wednesday that its sponsor says would overturn the ruling.
• 2/ 2/2010: Radio Story - Auto dealers push for tougher legislation on franchise laws but Senate suggests they take a different approach.
• 2/ 1/2010: Newspaper Story - A letter sent by Higher Education Commissioner Robert Stein to Missouri's public college officials introducing possible cuts is a step in the right direction, said Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia, but would be difficult to implement.
• 2/ 1/2010: Radio Story - In a visit to the Missouri Capitol on Monday, the Chinese ambassador to the United States talked trade and Taiwan.
• 2/ 1/2010: Newspaper Story - Gov. Nixon met with the Chinese ambassador to the U.S. on Monday to discuss making Missouri the hub of air cargo transport in the Midwest.
• 1/28/2010: Newspaper Story - The Missouri Senate and House have passed separate resolutions to disapprove the State Tax Commission's order to raise taxes on farmland.
• 1/28/2010: Radio Story - Tax exemptions for seniors and charities are threatened by new sales tax.
• 1/28/2010: Radio Story - What does Obama's stance on nuclear power mean for Missouri?
• 1/27/2010: Radio Story - With farmers across the state struggling to make ends meet, the House passed a resolution rejecting new taxes for some farmland.
• 1/27/2010: Radio Story - The state Gaming Commission has voted to sink the President Casino, a riverboat gambling center in St. Louis.
• 1/27/2010: Radio Story - Education spokesperson says schools need more money than the state can afford.
• 1/27/2010: Newspaper Story - The Joint Committee on Tax Policy called for a review of tax credit programs to determine the state's return on tax credits and the amount and type of credits still owed by the state.
• 1/27/2010: Newspaper Story - The governor's plan to provide incentives to Missouri businesses received rave reviews from witnesses in a House hearing Wednesday.
• 1/27/2010: Radio Story - Senator Rupp wants to repeal a bill he helped pass in 2007 because of negative effects.
• 1/25/2010: Newspaper Story - The Senate Appropriations Committee reviewed Gov. Jay Nixon's budget recommendations, and several committee members raised concern about $300 million in funds that depends on federal legislation.
• 1/25/2010: Radio Story - Governor Nixon's 2011 budget plans include a quarter-billion dollars in cuts, but Republicans say they're not enough. Theo Keith has more from Jefferson City.
• 1/21/2010: Newspaper Story - Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder criticizes agricultural tax recommendation following State of the State
• 1/20/2010: Radio Story - Governor Nixon's State of the State raised has some top Senators worried.
• 1/20/2010: Newspaper Story - Legislators and business leaders offered mixed reactions to the governor's proposed tax incentives for some businesses.
• 1/20/2010: Newspaper Story - Gov. Jay Nixon's top legislative priority is job growth, but his budget recommendation calls for 544 state job cuts
• 1/20/2010: Radio Story - Missouri's top Republicans question some of Governor Nixon's goals and recommendations for the 2010 legislative session
• 1/19/2010: Newspaper Story - Gov. Jay Nixon will lay out his budget and policy proposals for the 2010 legislative session.
• 1/13/2010: Newspaper Story - The State Auditor said that a tax refund for businesses who file taxes on time cost Missouri $93 million in 2008 and should be repealed.
• 1/12/2010: Newspaper Story - The state of Missouri borrowed $350 million from budget reserves to ease monthly cash-flow difficulties.
• 1/ 6/2010: Radio Story - Ethics reform is one of the big issues for the upcoming legislative session, Senate Republican leadership said.