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The Stouffer Report: To Cut or Not to Cut, Part 2 – Tax Credits Part of why Missouri is in better shape than most states right now is our tax policy. We have managed to hold the line on keeping Missouri a low-tax state. Missourians are historically unwilling to pay more for what we already have, including sustaining current programs. Raising ... [Read full story]   Missouri News Verizon Wireless and The Mattie C. Stewart Foundation Partner to Increase Graduation Rate in St. Louis Schools ST. LOUIS, Nov. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless has announced its sponsorship of putting the InsideOut documentary in every St. Louis public school, enabling all area students to learn more about the importance of remaining in school and graduating. The company made the announcement this week ... [Read full story]   Law & Order WE NEED YOUR HELP To Find Civil Rights Victims’ Next of Kin The FBI will continue to probe civil rights-era cases. After two-and-a-half years of exhaustive investigation into more than 100 civil rights-era cold cases, the FBI has announced the next phase of our Cold Case Initiative: we’re looking for the next-of-kin in 33 cases to let families know what happened to their loved ones and to possibly obtain additional investigative information. So please look over this list, and if you’re a family member of one of the victims or think you may know the whereabouts of a family member, contact your local FBI office. These cases—announced today in Baton Rouge, Louisiana by FBI ... [Read full story] Sheriff Nichols Announces Criminal Justice Scholarships Sheriff Mark Nichols is announcing the availability of the John Dennis Scholarship, for Criminal Justice majors only, which will be awarded by the Missouri Sheriffs’ Association. The scholarship, in the amount of one-thousand dollars, will be presented to sixteen college bound Missouri ... [Read full story]   Luetkemeyer Fights for Farmers and Manufacturers; Seeks Joint Hearing on National Energy Tax WASHINGTON, D.C. - Concerned about the impact that the cap-and-trade national energy tax will have on Midwest agriculture and manufacturing, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-9) joined his colleagues in calling for a joint hearing of the House Agriculture Committee, the House Energy and Commerce ... [Read full story] Luetkemeyer Votes Against Pelosi’s Misleading ‘Doc Fix’ Bill; Supports True Fix WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-9) today voted against the misleadingly named “doc fix” bill backed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi because it would add more than $200 billion to the nation’s deficit and force Missouri seniors to pay more for critical prescription ... [Read full story] Luetkemeyer Seeks Answers from Government Witnesses About Sketchy Stimulus “Job Saved/Created” Numbers WASHINGTON, D.C. - At a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer questioned government witnesses about the quality of job creation and job saved information being provided to the public by the Administration. You can view the video by ... [Read full story]   [Local news archives]		Top News Congress losing its patience with Fed   Radiation prompts Three Mile Island probe   Report: U.K. documents detail Iraq war chaos   Iran begins war games to protect nuclear sites
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