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Video: BOMB-A-WHO?

April 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Why does this foreign company need tax credits!

4/3/08
Bombardier is soaring to record heights, thanks to strong sales, cost-effective planning and increasing demand for the aircraft and train maker’s forward-looking product line.[The] Montreal-based Bombardier reported robust results in its fourth quarter and fiscal 2007 financial statements. Double-digit increases in sales and net income for the […]

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Video:$800 Million in Missouri Taxes to Support Canadian Company

April 21st, 2008 · No Comments

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Missouri House Tables Teacher Bill, May be Unable to Come to Terms with Parent Demand for Special Needs Scholarships

April 14th, 2008 · No Comments

 A contentious battle in the Missouri legislature came to a head last week when an education compensation bill was set aside in the House. According to legislators, the education establishment’s setback was largely due to its inability to come to terms with parent demands for special needs scholarship tax credits.
A protracted floor debate ended in […]

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Tags: School Choice · MO Legislature

On Tax Credits and Economic Development, or: What SB 1234 Does Poorly

April 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment

By Joseph Haslag
Senate Bill 1234 is currently rolling through the Senate. It expands the enterprise enhancement zone, and by identifying “megaprojects” that consist of capital investment of at least $300 million over an eight-year span, it is intended to create more than 1,000 jobs that pay higher-than-county-average wages. Under the new law, megaprojects would receive […]

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Jeff Smith Parties With Paris Hilton & Lobbyists At St. Charles Casino

March 14th, 2008 · No Comments

The Missouri Political News Service has learned that “Hold ‘em and Fold ‘em” state Senator Jeff Smith, was invited on a lobbyist sponsored junket to see Paris Hilton at the Ameristar Casino in St. Charles on February 24th.
We’re not sure if you need a player’s card to get into the nightclub, but for a guy […]

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Missouri Viewpoints: State Rep. Shane Schoeller (R-139) Calls for Elimination of State Income Tax, Enactment of New System Modeled After the “Fair Tax”

March 12th, 2008 · No Comments

(Springfield) - In the second “Missouri Viewpoints” interview from Springfield, Republican State Representative Shane Schoeller discusses health care, taxes and biofuels.
Schoeller, who represents part of Springfield and northern Greene County, says he likes the overall idea of Governor Blunt’s Insure Missouri Plan, but wants to see more privatization of health care, saying the plan “…doesn’t […]

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