Wrap: Governor Jay Nixon canceled next weeks Medicaid discussion after chairmen Senator Gary Romine and Representative Jay Barnes demanded the meeting be moved to the Capitol buidling....just two blocks down the road from the Nixon's original proposed spot.
One week before the meeting, the chairmen of the committees -- Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, and Sen. Gary Romine, R-Farmington -- accepted the invitation, on the condition the meeting be held in the Capitol building as part of a regular committee session.
But Republican Representative Jay Barnes announced Tuesday that he and Republican Senator Gary Romine decided to change the location to the Capitol building.
Wrap: Several Republican senators-- including committee chairman Gary Romine from Farmington--say the biggest issue facing health care reform is addressing Medicaid recipients who take advantage of the system.
Wrap: Republican Senator Gary Romine threw a curveball at a bill to name the new I-70 bridge after "Stan the Man," but the Senate kept its eye on the ball and gave its final approval.
Republican Senator Gary Romine says he would be opposed to Chappelle-Nadal's bill. But he says it does highlight a problem in the state's immigration laws.
Sen. Gary Romine, R-Farmington, amended a bill to name a new Interstate 70 bridge after Stan "the Man" Musial, adding Andy Gammon, a carpenter who fell to his death while working on the bridge last March.
Sen. Gary Romine, R-Farmington, amended a bill to name a new Interstate 70 bridge after Stan "the Man" Musial, adding Andy Gammon, a carpenter who fell to his death while working on the bridge last March.
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