Sen. Matt Bartle (R-Jackson County), proposed the drop. According to Bartle, Missouri's Historic Tax Credit program is by far the most generous nationwide, with the next closest state, Virginia, capping at $70 million. Bartle said he would like to see the tax credit "eliminated all together."
Republican Senator Matt Bartle says a decline in the Missouri educational system is imminent if the Historical Tax Credit is not reduced. Becky May has more from Jefferson City.
Just days after testifying in front of a federal grand jury about the fate of a similar 2005 bill, Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Lee's Summit, received final approval for printing of a bill which regulates the Missouri adult entertainment industry.
Wrap: Committee Chair Jackson County Republican Senator Matt Bartle says current economic times have an effect on how the Senate will handle provisions in a DWI bill.
Before opening the hearing Monday night, Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Lee's Summit, surveyed the crowd of potential witnesses and assured them that the bill the House passed last week will not be one that his committee does.
JEFFERSON CITY - Cutting the front license plate requirement will save Missouri $3 million, Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Jackson County, said before the measure received first-round Senate approval.
"We can't afford, with the amount of money taxpayers are sending us, to keep all these people in prison," said the work group's chair, Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Jackson County. "It's just the cold hard reality."
JEFFERSON CITY - Two days after testifying before a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Lee's Summit, and the rest of his chamber debated a bill almost identical to the one at the center of the investigation.
Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Jackson County, who chairs the committee, asked if eating French fries should also be banned because it negatively impacts taxpayers who have to pay for Medicaid costs related to obesity.
Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Lee's Summit, who introduced the bill, said he spoke to the grand jury about "the troubling circumstances" that led to the defeat of the legislation in 2005 that would have imposed restrictions on porn shops. Bartle, however, declined to say specifically what he was asked.
Others, such as Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Jackson County, said stricter rules could also discourage people from running for political office in the first place.
Wrap: Jackson County Republican Matt Bartle sponsors the bill which would allow police to take a DNA sample from those arrested on suspicion of robbery.
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Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Jackson County, sponsors the bill and said it will allow county prosecutors to link more past crimes to current arrests.
But Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Jackson County, said tax credits, one of the centerpieces of the governor's proposal, have not experienced the success the governor claims. In fact, Bartle said such monetary incentives have failed in Missouri before and could create an unnecessary hardship for taxpayers.
One of the commission members, Sen. Matt Bartle, said this is no time to be giving money to refurbish old buildings when money is being taken away from the Missouri education system.
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One of the commission members, Sen. Matt Bartle, said this is no time to be giving money to refurbish old buildings when money is being taken away from the Missouri education system.
The bill would prohibit Missouri government from enforcing federal laws concerning what committee chair Jackson Country Republican Senator Matt Bartle says is a survey of the conservative waterfront.
The bill would prohibit Missouri government from enforcing federal laws concerning what committee chair Jackson Country Republican Senator Matt Bartle says is a survey of the conservative waterfront.
The bill's sponsor, Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Jackson County, said the measure would cut the prison population by about 2,000 in two years and allow closing a state prison, saving about $26 million.
Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Jackson County, led the session and expressed his excitement at all the feedback from the day. Several large money savers were related to cutting costs in prisons and the judicial system.
Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Jackson County, led the session and expressed his excitement at all the feedback from the day. Several large money savers were related to cutting costs in prisons and the judicial system.
Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Jackson County, proposed the amendment on the Senate floor, as lawmakers were debating the overall bill. It would save the state $3 million, Bartle said.
Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Jackson County, proposed the amendment on the Senate floor, as lawmakers were debating the overall bill. It would save the state $3 million, Bartle said.
Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Jackson County, proposed the amendment on the Senate floor, as lawmakers were debating the overall bill. It would save the state $3 million, Bartle said.
Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Jackson County, settled on 14-years-old being the cutoff age because he says the bill's intent is to catch pedophiles, not statutory rapists.
Just days after testifying in front of a federal grand jury about the fate of a similar 2005 bill, Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Lee's Summit, received final approval for printing of a bill which regulates the Missouri adult entertainment industry.
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