Missouri’s governor signed Senate Bill 190 into law this year, which allows counties to freeze property tax increases for seniors who are eligible for Social Security, own a home and are required to pay taxes on that home. 939 the Eagle’s Mike Murphy from Comobuz reports Missouri counties can put the new measure in place by ordinance OR by voter approval. Boone County Presiding Commissioner Kip Kendrick joined us live this morning on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”. Mr. Kendrick tells listeners that Boone County commissioners recently approved a resolution stating the intent to make cleanup language of SB 190 a top priority for Boone County. State Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch (R-Hallsville) is leading a petition drive to place the issue before voters. She tells Comobuz that voters should have the opportunity to force implementation of the new state law:
(LISTEN): Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher (R-Des Peres) joins us live on “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”
Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher (R-Des Peres) plans to formally announce his candidacy for lieutenant governor this afternoon. Missouri’s current Lt. Governor, Mike Kehoe, is seeking the GOP gubernatorial nomination next year, which means it will be an open seat. Speaker Plocher joined us live on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”, telling listeners that he has the ability to bring people together to pass conservative legislation. He says his experience in the House will help him as lieutenant governor. Speaker Plocher also previewed Missouri’s 2024 legislative session, which begins in January in Jefferson City. He predicts the House will pass both sports betting and child care tax credits, but expresses frustration over Senate GOP filibustering, noting one state senator read from a book on the Senate floor during the 2023 session’s final week. Speaker Plocher tells listeners that sports betting should be regulated in Missouri and not by the Russians or the Chinese. State Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch (R-Hallsville) joined “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” host Branden Rathert and 939 the Eagle’s Brian Hauswirth and John Marsh during the interview:
(LISTEN): Missouri lawmakers, business leaders optimistic about bipartisan child care legislation
A veteran Missouri lawmaker who sponsored bipartisan child care tax credit legislation this year will pre-file the bill again on December 1.
State Rep. Brenda Shields’ (R-St. Joseph) bill died on the 2023 session’s final day in May due to a Senate filibuster on unrelated issues. Representative Shields tells 939 the Eagle that while the filibuster hurt, she had to wait three weeks to file the bill until the governor proposed the package in mid-January. Her 2024 bill will ready on January 3, which is when state lawmakers return to Jefferson City.
“I’ll talk with the (Missouri House) Speaker (Dean Plocher of Des Peres) to make sure that he assigns it to committee early. If we can get a head start on this and get this bill over to the Senate before spring break, I think we have really great hope to get it passed,” Representative Shields says.
Shields spoke Wednesday at a panel in Columbia co-hosted by the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the University of Missouri and the Columbia and Jefferson City Area Chambers of Commerce.
The Missouri Chamber says the Show-Me State has a child care crisis that is costing Missouri more than $1-billion annually. Republicans and Democrats in Jefferson City say child care is one of the most important issues facing residents statewide, and they’re optimistic they can push bipartisan legislation across the finish line in 2024. The bipartisan bill from Shields this spring was also sponsored by State Sen. Lauren Arthur (D-Kansas City). Representative Shields, who serves on the House Budget Committee, tells 939 the Eagle that she and Senator Arthur are passionate about child care.
“We know that that early development and the care of children is how we get people to work. People are afraid to leave their children if they don’t know that it’s quality, if it’s not reliable and if it’s not affordable,” says Shields.
There were also a number of other state lawmakers at the forum, including State Reps. Cheri Toalson Reisch (R-Hallsville), Willard Haley (R-Eldon) and Kurtis Gregory (R-Marshall).
(LISTEN): Missouri’s governor predicts MURR expansion will save lives and attract more researchers to Columbia
Missouri’s governor predicts the $20-million expansion of the MU Research Reactor (MURR) in Columbia will change the world in the future.
Governor Mike Parson tells reporters he’s thrilled that the three-story addition will expand MURR’s research and medical isotope production space. Governor Parson describes it as cutting-edge technology, adding it will save lives.
“When you look and now we can send this medicine all over the world, where it used to you had to go to just certain locations to be able to obtain it. Now you’ve got the opportunity to send this anywhere in the world to help people all over the world. And I think it’s much bigger than just MU or the state of Missouri,” Parson says.
A few hundred people braved the blazing sun and 90-degree-plus temperatures for Monday afternoon’s groundbreaking ceremony. MURR executive director Matt Sanford says 1.6 million patients benefit from the medical isotopes produced at MURR every year.
The expansion, which is underway, is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2024.
The UM Board of Curators chair is praising the $20-million expansion. Michael Williams spoke at Monday’s groundbreaking ceremony, noting MURR is nation’s only producer of four medical isotopes used in lifesaving treatments for liver, thyroid, pancreatic and prostate cancer. Governor Mike Parson, who appointed Mr. Williams to the board, also spoke at the ceremony. Governor Parson tells reporters that the expansion will boost research and will save lives.
“You’re going to have top researchers all over the world wanting to come here (Columbia) to be able to be part of that. So as long as we keep building onto that (the MURR), you’re going to have more research done, you’re going to have more opportunities to save a lot of people’s lives. And at the end of the day, I can’t imagine any higher calling than just being part of saving people’s lives all over the world. And it’s great to have it here on MU,” says Parson.
MURR’s approximately 300 employees stood in the shade and listened to the remarks from the podium. Numerous Missouri lawmakers from both parties attended, including State Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch (R-Hallsville) and State Reps. Adrian Plank, Doug Mann and Kathy Steinhoff (all D-Columbia) and Deb Lavender (D-Kirkwood).
The UM System president predicts the three-story expansion of the MURR will drive more research that will improve and save lives. Dr. Mun Choi, who spoke at Monday’s groundbreaking ceremony, tells 939 the Eagle that the project will increase radioisotope productions.
“Because we’re now able to complete this project and also provide the life-saving treatment to Missourians first and then the rest of Americans in this country. And this is a treatment that only we can provide, that very special medical isotope. So it’s a very big day,” President Choi says.
Boone County commissioners Kip Kendrick, Justin Aldred and Janet Thompson attended the groundbreaking ceremony as well. Governor Parson visited with Presiding Commissioner Kendrick at the ceremony.
(LISTEN): Missouri Chamber of Commerce touting I-70 expansion plan
Missouri’s largest business organization is praising the state’s $2.8 billion plan to rebuild and six-lane I-70 from Wentzville to Blue Springs. Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Dan Mehan tells 939 the Eagle that it’s historic.
“I-70 is the beltway for the country and it started in Missouri and it’s been far too long since we invested back in it,” Mehan says.
The I-70 project will start in Boone County. Chamber president Mehan says the project will have major economic benefits. He’s praising state lawmakers on both sides of the aisle for supporting the bill, and praises GOP Governor Mike Parson for signing it.
“When the Legislature did that, they put a mark for Missouri for the rest of the country saying we will be the logistics and distribution center for not just the region but for the nation and for the continent,” says Mehan.
Numerous state lawmakers from across Missouri joined the governor at the August Columbia bill-signing ceremony. GOP State Reps. Cheri Toalson Reisch (R-Hallsville), Kent Haden (R-Mexico) and Tim Taylor (R-Speed) attended, along with House Assistant Minority Floor Leader Richard Brown (D-Kansas City) Democratic State Reps. Doug Mann, David Tyson Smith and Kathy Steinhoff (all D-Columbia).
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