– House Budget Committee Chairman Rick Stream penned a memo to colleagues on Tuesday laying out GOP leadership’s case for an override of income tax legislation vetoed by Gov. Jay Nixon earlier this summer. In a three-page letter to Republican…
Author Archive for Eli Yokley
Eli Yokley is editor in chief of PoliticMo, and also serves as a political contributor to The Joplin Globe and the St. Louis Business Journal. He can be reached at eli@politicmo.com.
Missouri effort on ‘Innovation Campuses’ lauded by Obama
by Eli Yokley •
WARRENSBURG, Mo. — President Barack Obama said the University of Central Missouri’s “Innovation Campus” should be a model for the nation, in remarks during his first visit to the state in over a year. Speaking to some 2,000 gathered on…
In Missouri, Obama to echo 2005 Knox College speech
by Eli Yokley •
– Eight years ago, then-Sen. Barack Obama delivered remarks at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, where he laid out his philosophy that economic growth starts from the “middle-out.” Now as president — five years after the financial crisis and following…
In tax bill veto override message wars, Nixon zeroes-in on local schools
by Eli Yokley •
– Lawmakers can chose one, Gov. Jay Nixon says: Public education or House Bill 253. As the message wars move forward over income tax legislation backed by Republicans in the General Assembly that was vetoed by Nixon last month, the…
Nixon to join Obama for Warrensburg speech
by Eli Yokley •
– President Barack Obama is set to visit Missouri next week, where he is scheduled to speak at the University of Central Missouri about the economy. In a statement on Saturday, Gov. Jay Nixon said he planned to join the…
Chris Koster is “lovin’ it”
by Eli Yokley •
– Sometimes, Attorney General Chris Koster just needs a small order of fries or a McChicken. After raising more than $505,500 in the second quarter of 2013 – some three years before he could appear on the ballot in 2016…
Op-ed: Gov. Jay Nixon: ’60 years later, we must honor our Korean War veterans’
by Eli Yokley •
By Gov. Jay Nixon Sixty years ago this month, the fighting ended in a war that, today, many Americans know little about. Thousands of young Missourians who fought bravely on the Korean peninsula to halt unprovoked aggression and to defend…
As conservatives seek HB 253 override, Sinquefield cash surges
by Eli Yokley •
– $2.35 million. In less than a week, St. Louis investor and area multi-millionaire Rex Sinquefield has single-handedly infused $2.35 million into a television ad blitz and ground campaign urging the General Assembly to override Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of…
Club for Growth joins ad blitz for tax cut veto override
by Eli Yokley •
– The Missouri Club for Growth joined a growing television ad campaign seeking to build public momentum behind a legislative override of Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of legislation that would have cut Missouri income taxes. One of the commercials specifically…
At southwest Missouri Medicaid panel, public voices against expansion silent
by Eli Yokley •
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Medicaid recipients in southwest Missouri presented a clear message to a panel of lawmakers and citizens Tuesday: Don’t cut Medicaid for those who already have it. At a hearing of the General Assembly’s working group tasked with…