State Sen. William Eigel (R-Weldon Spring) says Republicans need to get back to the founding principles of the GOP platform. He’s seeking Missouri’s GOP gubernatorial nomination in 2024 and says voters want someone who will challenge the coalitions that he says are entrenched in Jefferson City. Senator Eigel joined us live on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”, and blasts the $50-billion budget signed into law by GOP governor Mike Parson. Senator Eigel says the state budget has doubled since 2010 and that it’s grown during each of his seven years in Jefferson City. He says GOP Governors Eric Greitens and Mike Parson have grown the size of state government during the past seven years larger than any Democratic governor combined before them. Eigel also blasts Senate Appropriations Committee chairman Lincoln Hough (R-Springfield) during the interview, saying chairman Hough put “boondoggles” in the state budget, including a dinosaur museum in Jefferson County:
(AUDIO): Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee chair Lincoln Hough (R-Springfield) discusses Missouri’s budget and $2.8 billion I-70 expansion project on “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”
Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee chairman Lincoln Hough (R-Springfield) says the $51.8 billion state operating budget signed by Governor Mike Parson (R) contains projects for all 163 Missouri House districts and all 34 state senate districts. Hough is especially touting a new $300-million psychiatric hospital that will be built in the Kansas City area and a $2.8 BILLION project to six-lane I-70 across Missouri. Chairman Hough joined us live on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”. He tells listeners that I-70 between St. Louis and Kansas City needs a major overhaul. He notes part of I-70 in Missouri was built in 1956, when President Dwight Eisenhower was in the White House:
(AUDIO): Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee chair Lincoln Hough (R-Springfield) discusses Missouri’s budget and $2.8 billion I-70 expansion project on “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”
Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee chairman Lincoln Hough (R-Springfield) says the $51.8 billion state operating budget signed by Governor Mike Parson (R) contains projects for all 163 Missouri House districts and all 34 state senate districts. Hough is especially touting a new $300-million psychiatric hospital that will be built in the Kansas City area and a $2.8 BILLION project to six-lane I-70 across Missouri. Chairman Hough joined us live on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”. He tells listeners that I-70 between St. Louis and Kansas City needs a major overhaul. He notes part of I-70 in Missouri was built in 1956, when President Dwight Eisenhower was in the White House:
(AUDIO): “Missouri Times” publisher Scott Faughn discusses Leader Quade’s Missouri gubernatorial run on “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”
Missouri House Minority Leader Crystal Quade (D-Springfield) has announced her gubernatorial campaign for 2024. Leader Quade has posted a campaign video outlining her background. She notes she grew up poor and lived on food stamps and leftovers. The video also shows her playing roller derby. “Missouri Times” publisher Scott Faughn, a Republican, describes Leader Quade’s story as impressive and says it’s one of the best campaign announcements that he’s seen. Faughn joined us live on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”. He says Quade will still have a difficult time getting rural votes in towns like West Plains, Farmington and Poplar Bluff:
(AUDIO): Powerful Missouri congressman trying to obtain federal funding for massive I-70 project
A $2.8 billion bipartisan plan to six-lane I-70 across Missouri has been approved by a conference committee of Missouri Senate and House budget negotiators and is heading back to the two respective chambers.
The measure from State Sen. Lincoln Hough (R-Springfield) has been a top priority for Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia). U.S. House Transportation Committee chair Rep. Sam Graves (R-Tarkio) met with state senators in Jefferson City this week about I-70. Congressman Graves tells 939 the Eagle that he’ll support whatever I-70 bill the Legislature approves.
“We’ll see if we can get the (state) Legislature to provide that seed money. (We’ll) see if we can find more money in Washington for this,” Congressman Graves says.
Under Senator Hough’s I-70 measure, the state would pay about $132-million a year for 15 years to pay off the expansion.
Congressman Graves also warns the Biden administration could have issues with the I-70 plan.
“The (Biden) administration has tried to stop any addition of extra lanes to clear up congestion around the country. So we’re pushing back on that at the federal level because it literally runs headlong into what we’re trying to do here in Missouri,” says Graves.
The Missouri Constitution requires state lawmakers to approve a balanced budget by Friday evening at 6.
Meantime, obtaining federal funding for rural lettered routes is a top priority for Chairman Graves, whose district includes Moberly, Mexico and Macon in the 939 the Eagle listening area. He says he’s trying to find federal dollars to offset state dollars and describes the rural lettered routes in north Missouri as critical farm-to-market roads.
“Which continue to be plagued with problems and potholes. I know the governor (Mike Parson) has found that extra $100-million to do that and we’re trying to find more money to be able to allow the state to move more resources over there,” says Graves.
Congressman Graves also says there are a lot of deficient bridges in rural Missouri, including many in his massive 39-county district, which contains more square miles than nine states.
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