Cody Cash Fast Tracked

House Budget Chair Cody Smith’s HB 3021, which would give Missourians a $500 tax credit, was voted out of the Budget Committee yesterday. And Smith told the Committee he hoped to fast-track the legislation to have it perfected and passed this week.

Bill PAC Gives to Pollock

Believe in Life and Liberty (BILL) PAC sent $2,000 to Rep. Suzie Pollock’s campaign committee, according to the April filings.

Where We Are

The General Assembly is off today as part of their Easter break.

Carter Drops $500K Into Senate 10

Judge Mike Carter dropped a bomb into the Republican Senate 10 primary yesterday. He formed his candidate committee and wrote a $500,000 check.

House Perfects Parents’ Bill of Rights

Amid some heated debate, the House perfected Rep. Ben Baker’s HB 1858.

RightPath Raised $2.4M

RightPath PAC filed its April report showing $2,450,600 raised. The contributors of the PAC appear to all have relationship with Washington University. Press reports have described the PAC being founded due to concern with the direction that the Missouri Senate was taking.

Team Hartzler Says They’re Up

Politico reports that“a new internal poll conducted by Hartzler’s campaign April 4-6 and obtained by POLITICO shows Hartzler up 7 percentage points

1 – 3. Tight labor market persists…

4 – 5. Weather maps.

6. Ed busing $$$.

7. Legalization $$$.

8 – 9. Crime fears.

Q4: What do you think is the most pressing concern for our state government?

Reducing violent crime: 13%

Creating more jobs: 8%

Stopping illegal immigration: 47%

Making healthcare more affordable: 12%

Improving education: 4%

Not sure: 16%

Impotent MEC

If you’re going to scam the campaign finance laws, now’s the time to do it! The Missouri Ethics Commission is unable to take action against misdeeds because with only two commissioners they can’t muster a quorum.

Kehoe Nabs Firefighters

In the extraordinarily early start to the 2024 gubernatorial campaign, Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe nabbed another endorsement. This one is from The Missouri State Council of Fire Fighters (MSCFF)

Long PAC Touts Trump Praise

WINMO PAC, a pro-Billy Long PAC, is running an ad that uses the recent “non-endorsement” endorsement from President Donald Trump.

Election Day

Municipal elections occurring today. Aside from the Jefferson City School Board, I’ll be watching…

· Franklin County where results might give a hint about the strength of Ben Brown’s grassroots game in the upcoming Senate 26 primary.

· Kansas City’s ballot where Together KC spent $250K to support Questions 1 (sewer bond) and 2 (renew tax for healthcare).

Map Moves Ahead

With six weeks of the legislative session left, the congressional redistricting still looms unresolved.

1. We need more workers.

2. Biden’s approval numbers = Trump’s?

3. Emergency this, emergency that.

4. CDC ensnared in America’s new cultural war.

5. Vax mandates.

6. Tax time.

Ashcroft PAC Grabs More Cash

Another $415,000 was reported by the pro-Jay Ashcroft Committee for Liberty PAC.This comes on the heels of $250,000 from Holland Law Firm.

Map Mess, Episode 48…

The House once again rejected the Senate’s version of the congressional map and asked (again) for a conference committee.

No Map Deal

The Senate refused the House’s offer of conferencing on the congressional redistricting map, continuing a stand-off.

To Conference or Not To Conference?

The House voted to reject the Senate’s version of the congressional redistricting map and instead go to conference to seek a compromise. It was a bipartisan vote, passing 115-19.

Candidate Filing

Today is the final day of candidate filing – unless a courts order candidate filing to reopen given that potential candidates don’t have a congressional map to know who they’d be running to represent.

Yesterday we saw a slew of candidate filings.