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JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Mike Parson has vetoed a piece of legislation that would have kept Columbia Mayor Brian Treece out of potential hot water. The legislation that hit Parson's desk would have created an exemption to an existing state statute and clarified that lobbyists running for municipal and school district offices could maintain candidate committees. Because Parson vetoed that exemption, lobbyists running for office must dissolve any candidate committee, according to the statute. Treece has been a registered as a lobbyist since 1996 and also co-owns a consulting firm with his ...

Viets is still waiting on an answer to his inquiry. The delay could be related to House Bill 685, Viets said. This bill, which included changes to requirements to run for public office, ultimately was vetoed last Friday by Gov. Mike Parson. An amendment added to the bill in a revision known as a Senate committee substitute through the Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee, chaired by state Sen. Caleb Rowden, R-Columbia, would have allowed an exception to a law governing candidate committees and lobbyists. No attempt was made to remove the provision on the Senate floor, and...

Missourinet You are here: Home / What we’re watching this week in the Missouri Legislature: Medicaid expansion debate, budget and daylight saving time bill What we’re watching this week in the Missouri Legislature: Medicaid expansion debate, budget and daylight saving time bill You can expect a debate about Medicaid expansion on the Missouri Senate floor in Jefferson City later this week. Missouri Senate Minority Leader John Rizzo (D-Independence) and other Democratic lawmakers tour a vaccination center at Cerner in North Kansas City in March 2021 (file photo courtesy of Leader Rizzo’s...

Missourinet You are here: Home / What we’re watching next week in Missouri Legislature: budget, oversight hearings and MLB antitrust exemption pushback What we’re watching next week in Missouri Legislature: budget, oversight hearings and MLB antitrust exemption pushback The proposed state operating budget will be heading to the Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee in Jefferson City next week for daily hearings and for consideration. The state Constitution requires lawmakers to approve a balanced budget by early May. House Budget Committee Chairman Cody Smith (R-Carthage) and State Re...

State of Maine: Concept draft vagueness weakens the process  Welcome to a legislative rabbit hole—the concept draft. It is a way of submitting legislation that is much abused, though it had merit as originally designed. What if this newspaper’s editor accepted “concept columns”? Title: “Concept Drafts.” Column, in its entirety: “Concept drafts may be good or bad.” It states a point of view but doesn’t give readers their money’s worth.  Smoke-filled rooms, back room deals, ramming things through or shoving things down people’s throats are highly overrated. The ...