JEFFERSON CITY - The last in a recent string of resignations from the Missouri Senate Research division has President Pro-Tem Peter Kinder to respond to Democratic accusations of being the cause of the loss of manpower.
JEFFERSON CITY - Ken Jacob, D-Columbia, criticized the hiring and firing decisions of Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder Tuesday and called for the Republican to either step down or change his tactics.
Some of Missouri's Democratic Senators are mad because they say Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder is trying to make the Senate Staff partisan. Sara Lane has more from Jefferson City.
President Pro Tem Sen. Peter Kinder said any bills coming out of the state House may be "constitutionally vulnerable" if all the 163 House members are not there.
JEFFERSON CITY - Sen. Peter Kinder, President Pro Tem of the Senate, filed a lawsuit Monday against Gov. Bob Holden to undo the governor's executive order that grants unions the right to seek service fees from non-union state employees.
"Governors are not kings; they are temporarily elected custodians of the executive branch, and it is legislators who, acting through the legislative process... make laws, not governors who do that by decree," said Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau.
President Pro Tem Sen. Peter Kinder said any House bills in the special session may be "constitutionally vulnerable" if the all 163 House members are not there.
But some GOP legislators, among them Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder and House Floor Leader Catherine Hanaway, have expressed concern over Holden's use of executive order to institute the withholdings.
President Pro Tem of the Missouri Senate, Peter Kinder, would not comment on Sen. Carnahan's visit, but he commented on Missouri's efforts to reform rising drug costs.
JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri's Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder says he is considering seeking subpoenas to investigate government Holden's executive order about collective bargaining.
JEFFERSON CITY - Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, has created a special interim committee to investigate the governor's executive order that opens the door for unions to seek fees from non-union state government workers.
Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder says the leaders of both houses are committed to passing final bills related to redistricting and the budget by the end of the week. The deadline for passing the budget within the Missouri constitution is Friday.
Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, who led opposition to Holden's plan, said he would work for a compromise and bring up the issue next year. Flanked by GOP leaders, Kinder said he would take the lead.
Minutes after Governor Bob Holden accused Senate Republicans of betraying the will of people by killing his transportation tax package, President Pro Tem Peter Kinder says he'll lead the Missouri government to a compromise.
Knowing that victory is almost theirs, the Republicans camp out in Sen. Peter Kinder's office, R-Cape Girardeau. They are lit with the glow of newly acquired power.
"This has been a difficult situation and I think that we are all looking forward to putting it behind us," said Peter Kinder, president pro tem of the senate.
The Transportation Committee was looking at the governor's transportation plan, which incorporates one of the largest tax increases in state history, but they voted to change the plan a little. The new plan would have a 5 cent gas tax increase instead of a 3 cent but would decrease the sales tax from the governor's plan. Voters would have to approve the plan and that's the problem according to Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder.
JEFFERSON CITY - Senate Republican leader, Peter Kinder accuses Gov. Bob Holden of trying to cut a deal over redistricting the state's legislative districts.
Lurie is suing Gov. Bob Holden, Secretary of State Matt Blunt, Speaker of the House Jim Kreider and Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, for a denial of equal protection of the law as guaranteed by the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
JEFFERSON CITY - Gov. Holden will announce his appointees for the House and Senate Redistricting Commissions this week, after last weeks accusations from Republican Peter Kinder that he was holding the appointment for votes on his transportation plan.
Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, agreed. "I oversaw her confirmation and we have worked together nicely so far. I hope she does as well as her promise indicates."
In an account disputed by the governor's office, Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder said Holden made the offer during a closed-door meeting that also included House Minority Leader Catherine Hanaway, R-Warson Woods.
Frustrated, Harrison lobbied Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, to sponsor legislation that would impose minimum sentences for those convicted of producing methamphetamine. Meyers is sponsoring similar legislation in the House.
JEFFERSON CITY -After a weekend full of waiting and wondering, Senate employees now know their fate. On Monday, the office of Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, released the names of the six people fired.
The announcement came from Republican Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder's office. Six Senate staffers were fired, reducing the number of Senate staffers from 211 to 205. Kinder says the staffers were fired to save taxpayers money.
Before the Senate was a bill introduced by Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau. It would prohibit state or local government from suing firearms or ammunition manufacturers.
The order to fire came from the Administration Committee, a five-member, Republican-controlled Senate committee that is chaired by the new President Pro Tem, Sen. Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau. It controls the hiring and firing of approximately 50 Senate employees like Hildebrand.
JEFFERSON CITY - Republican Peter Kinder, Senate president pro tem, offered an amendment Tuesday to the .08 drunk driving bill that the bill's sponsor said will be a "killer amendment" to .08's passage.
But with his father's death last summer and his election as president pro tem, the top post of the Senate, colleagues -- including even one of his harshest critics -- say Peter Kinder has tempered that drive and seasoned it with compassion.
On the other side, the state Democratic Party had criticism for Republicans. Earlier this week, the party attacked Sen. Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, president pro tem of the Republican-controlled Senate, for his handling of .08.
The first amendment, sponsored by Greisheimer, failed by a voice vote. The amendment proposed the same two-year delay of .08's imposition that was proposed last week in the Senate by President Pro Tem Sen. Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau.
But with his father's death last summer and his election as president pro tem, the top post of the Senate, collegues -- including even one of his harshest critics -- say Peter Kinder has tempered that drive and seasoned it with compassion.
Republican Sen. Peter Kinder has proposed an amendment that would delay by two years the activation of a bill to lower the legal threshold for drunk driving from .10% to .08% blood alcohol content.
"I am humbled and gratified to the people of Missouri," President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, said outside his State Capitol office. "We have a lot to live up to."
Sen. Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, fulfilled a promise to make urban education a priority by calling attention to the "crisis" in the Kansas City and St. Louis school districts.