Additional funding for the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program would not hire new patrolmen, but it would fund more overtime hours for those already on the payroll. Missouri Representative Gracia Backer says the highway patrol will ask the legislature for the money in the next session.
State Treasurer candidate Rep. Brian May, D-St. Louis County, and Lieutenant Governor candidate Rep. Gracia Backer, D-New Bloomfield, flip-flopped during the veto session.
"This isn't just lawmakers at the trough," said Rep. Gracia Backer, D-New Bloomfield. Backer said the bill included important provisions for other state employees.
JEFFERSON CITY- State Rep. Gracia Backer is joining the ranks of aspiring lawmakers. Backer, a New Bloomfield Democrat, announced Monday she's running for lieutenant governor.
A bill, sponsored by Representatives Marsha Campbell and Gracia Backer would allow Missouri lawmakers to approve the budget of each UM school, depending on their individual needs. If each school's budget is appropriated separately, Campbell and Backer say the General Assembly would have greater accountability as well as pay closer attention to the needs of each campus.
JEFFERSON CITY- Rep. Gracia Backer, D-Calloway Co., would like it if she never received unpleasant mail, but when the UM Board of Curators moved money from the MU veterinary school 15 years ago, trips to the mail box a dreaded outing.
Rep. Gracia Backer, D-Calloway County, and Rep. Don Koller, D-Summersville, announced a legislative proposal that would fine a truck driver $1,000 for traveling more than 75 MPH in a 70~-MPH zone.
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