Tag: Missouri

"We cannot restore our wealth if we continue to put our businesses at such a tremendous disadvantage," Trump said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump sticks with 15 percent tax rate and child care credits in Missouri speech

Joseph Lawler · August 30, 2017 7:56 pm

National Economic Council director Gary Cohn was noticeably absent from a long list of "thank-you's" when President Trump put an event on hold Wednesday to thank aides and lawmakers who have been instrumental in his administration's push for tax reform. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Trump doesn’t mention Gary Cohn when thanking top tax reform advisors

Gabby Morrongiello · August 30, 2017 7:55 pm

President Trump warns Congress not to block his push for tax reform. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump warns Congress not to disappoint him on tax reform

Sarah Bedford · August 30, 2017 7:24 pm

The address to be delivered at the Loren Cook Co., a ventilation product manufacturer, is going to be "a 'why,' not 'how,' speech," according to a senior White House official. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump to cast tax reform as boost to middle class

Joseph Lawler · August 30, 2017 10:00 am

In this Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017, photo, Gennice Mackey uses a bullhorn to lead a chant of "Save the Raise!" outside a McDonald's restaurant in St. Louis. A Missouri law that takes effect Monday, Aug. 28, prohibits cities from having a higher minimum wage than the state's wage of $7.70 per hour. That means St. Louis' $10 minimum wage will be rolled back. But advocates of a higher wage are urging employers to keep the $10 minimum wage. (AP Photo/Jim Salter)

Missouri rolls back minimum wage in St. Louis

Sean Higgins · August 28, 2017 11:24 pm

Since the start of 2016, 15 states have passed 27 laws pre-empting local labor standards, according a study released Monday by the liberal Economic Policy Institute. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

GOP state lawmakers move to halt local minimum wages

Sean Higgins · August 28, 2017 11:14 pm

The Wednesday stop will be the first in a series of stops around the country to promote tax reform. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump heads to Missouri next week to boost tax reform

Joseph Lawler · August 25, 2017 3:54 pm

The only ones hurt by right-to-work and its related reforms are the union bosses who see it as a threat to the steady stream of forced union dues they've come to depend on. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Union workers want freedom, so why do union bosses oppose it?

Robert Fellner · August 25, 2017 4:01 am

Austin Petersen, the former Libertarian Party politician, explains why he is now a Republican. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Austin Petersen: Why I became a Republican

Austin Petersen · August 24, 2017 4:01 am

During the 2012 election cycle, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., sold her private plane after it was revealed she and her husband failed to pay $320,000 in back taxes on the $2 million aircraft. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Beltway Confidential

The return of ‘Air Claire’ McCaskill

Emily Jashinsky · August 22, 2017 9:20 pm

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens appointed a board to further investigate the case of Marcellus Williams, who was convicted of killing a former newspaper reporter in 1998. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)

Missouri governor stays execution amid DNA questions

Kelly Cohen · August 22, 2017 8:09 pm

The Day the Sun Was Blotted Out of the Sky

John McCormack · August 22, 2017 2:58 pm