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Record Surplus, Massive Federal Aid Mark Missouri Budget Set For Committee Work
Work on Gov. Parson’s $47.3 billion spending plan is a top agenda item after lawmakers return from spring break: Most of the enormous surplus accumulating in Missouri’s general revenue fund will be off-limits to members of the House Budget Committee when it prepares a fiscal year 2023 spending plan for floor debate.
Gov. Mike Parson’s $47.3 billion budget proposal projects a $1.6 billion general revenue surplus at the end of June 2023. But the House balancing rule requires any new or increased spending proposed by members to be accompanied by a cut from somewhere else within the budget as proposed.
There are, however, items in Parson’s plan where cuts would provide large sums without impacting immediate state operations. He’s asking lawmakers for three spending items, totaling $850 million from general revenue, that could become targets.
The largest is a $500 million cash infusion to the Missouri State Employees Retirement, or MOSERS, fund to lower long-term payroll contributions. Another is $250 million for the Cash Operating Expense Fund, essentially a savings account that can be tapped in the future. The smallest is $100 million for early payments on state debts.
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States Banning or Restricting “Zuck Bucks”—UPDATED 3/10/2022
As of March 2022, 16 states have banned or restricted the use of private funds for election offices and 6 governors—all Democrats—have vetoed potential bans. (Kansas’s legislature overrode its governor’s veto.) Many states are currently considering bans (see “in-progress”).
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A Response To “Let Missouri Cities Plan For The Electric Vehicle Revolution”
A recent opinion piece “Let Missouri cities plan for the electric vehicle revolution” stated;
“A piece of legislation that currently sits before the Missouri Legislature could pull the plug on the expansion of EV chargers in cities across the state. Recently, HB 1584, which would inhibit cities and counties from adopting EV charging codes for new construction, was passed by the House and is headed to the Senate.”
The truth is, nothing in HB 1584 prohibits local governments, private business or property owners from paying for the installation, maintenance and operation of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. The state will be receiving millions of dollars to build out EV charging stations and HB 1584 in no way restricts the use of these funds.
The purpose of building codes is to protect public health, safety and general welfare as they relate to the construction and occupancy of buildings and structures.
The local EV charging station ordinances did nothing to protect public health and safety: it simply pushed a political agenda. The requirement that businesses install EV charging stations whenever they renovate, expand or change use of a building is an unfunded mandate that is simply unacceptable. If allowed to stand it would require a shopping center with thousands of parking spaces to install hundreds of charging stations at a cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Parking spaces that would be available to shopping center customers will now be tied up for hours while EV’s are charging.
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Lawsuit filed over lack of congressional maps in Missouri
JEFFERSON CITY — A candidate running for Congress in Missouri has filed a lawsuit seeking to block Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft from using the state’s current congressional boundaries in the upcoming statewide election.
Republican Paul Berry III, who has filed to run in the 2nd Congressional District, also wants to block state lawmakers from dividing St. Charles County into two congressional districts when they do agree on a new map, arguing it violates a provision calling for compactness in the drawing of new boundaries.
“It’s patently unfair to have congressional candidates file to run in an election without knowing their district boundaries,” Berry told the Post-Dispatch.
Berry’s lawsuit is the first known legal action addressing the inability of the Missouri Senate to agree on the once-per-decade redistricting process that adjusts the state’s congressional district boundaries to account for population changes.
With the clock ticking toward the Aug. 2 primary election and the Senate unable to find a path forward amid Republican bickering, it is not a surprise that the issue could wind up in court.
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[Listen] Why Is There No Urgency On A Redistricting Resolution for Ashcroft?
Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft speaks on redistricting and on the KWOS Morning Show with Austin Petersen and John Marsh.
“It’s a tempest in a teapot being worried about exactly when [redistricting] will happen. Redistricting is just a statute... We have a map right now. It’s the old map. We will use that use that… And whenever the legislature passes redistricting, we will act according to that law. And you know if they don’t pass it this year, they’ll pass it next year. There’s court precedent for that.”
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[Watch] Senator Justin Brown: A Complete Gun Rights Fraud!
Missouri State Senator Justin Brown has been an enemy to gun owners for years, and he personally killed Senate Bill 666 earlier this year! Now, he’s trying to re-invent himself as a champion for gun owners by filing his pathetic new bill, Senate Bill 1229! Tune in to hear about how Justin Brown is trying to fool gun owners.
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