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11/29/2010 - New legislator's orientation continues despite Capitol power outage:
The power outage coincided with the new legislator orientation session. Earlier in the day, House Speaker Ron Richard said the freshmen meetings would go on as scheduled, whether or not the power was restored.
11/29/2010 - Freshman House Legislators Orientation Met Despite a Power Outage at the state Capitol:
Former House Speaker Ron Richard held a candle to help light the way for the freshman house legislators when they arrived for orientation.
9/14/2010 - Republican-led House wants to override Gov. Nixon's veto:
House Speaker Ron Richard says a separate account should be created for funds from the federal government.
9/14/2010 - Missouri legislators to reconvene to discuss federal funding bill:
JEFFERSON CITY - On his last day presiding as the Missouri House speaker, Ron Richard will seek to override the governor's veto on a bill that sponsor Allen Icet called "a perfunctory bill that creates a fund."
8/30/2010 - Missouri Government News for the Week of August 30, 2010:
House Speaker Ron Richard said reviving a bill that would create separate treasury accounts for federal funding is his top priority in Wednesday's veto session.
5/6/2010 - House Republicans use majority to push through ethics bill:
Wrap: House Speaker Ron Richard made no apologies for refusing to recognize legislators from the other side of the aisle.
5/6/2010 - Divided house passes ethics legislation:
The bill would also place a $20,000 cap on individual campaign contributions for statewide and local officials. Members of the General Assembly were exempt from the limit in the language of the bill, although House Speaker Ron Richard, R-Joplin, said they will be included in final language.
5/3/2010 - House approves spinal cord funding measure:
The 77-73 vote split party lines, with a number of mostly rural Democrats supporting the amendment with many Republicans voting no, including bill sponsor Steve Hobbs, R-Mexico, and Speaker Ron Richard, R-Joplin. One of the supportive Democrats was Rep. Rachel Bringer of Palmyra, who said it would clearly redefine acceptable norms for UM-funded research.
5/14/2010 - Ethics, tax credit focus of final day of 2010 legislative session:
But a group of fiscal conservative Republicans in the Senate stalled a vote, demanding that any business tax break package include scaling back other tax credits that cost the state about $500 million per year.  Nixon had supported stronger controls on tax credits, but the idea had been declared dead by House Republican leaders including House Speaker Ron Richard, R-Joplin.
5/12/2010 - Nixon makes jobs bill push:
That plan stalled in the House when Republican Speaker Ron Richard said he did not support it.
4/6/2010 - $15 million cut could jeopardize in-state tuition freeze:
In the conference, representatives and senators chosen respectively from the Speaker of the House Ron Richard, R-Joplin, and the President Pro Tem Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, would compare the budgets created by both Houses in the General Assembly.
4/28/2010 - House Democrats down on Nixon mandated cuts:
In a session with education leaders last week, Gov. Jay Nixon had urged lawmakers to adopt reductions in tax credits. But the governor's call immediately was rejected by House Speaker Ron Richard, who warned that changes in state tax credits could undermine the state's economic recovery.
4/26/2010 - Audit cites inaccurate fiscal notes, lack of controls as sources of tax credit problems:
An audit released by Auditor Susan Montee's office cited inaccurate fiscal projections and a lack of government controls as the sources of grave inefficiencies within the state's tax credit program. But the move was met with criticism from House Speaker Ron Richard, R-Joplin, who responded by calling the audit part of a "dangerous and damaging political game" being played by Montee and Gov. Jay Nixon, both Democrats.
4/26/2010 - State auditor says tax credits are major problem for Missouri:
Wrap: Montee's recommendation came just days after House Speaker Ron Richard said he would reject the governor's call to reform tax credits this year.
4/21/2010 - Nixon and education leaders push for tax credit reform; House Speaker says it's not going to happen:
Speaker Ron Richard, R-Joplin, said making drastic changes in the last three weeks of the legislative session would send too many shock waves through the business community.
3/4/2010 - House addresses budget restructuring in press conferences:
Republican House Speaker Ron Richard from Joplin said that the his party is willing to meet the Governor halfway.
3/4/2010 - House files substitute budget bill amid unprecedented budget crisis:
"We have a plan and we'll meet the governor halfway," said Speaker of the House Ron Richards, R-Joplin. "Everything is on the table as far as I'm concerned."
3/10/2010 - Jetton, center of federal corruption probe, speaks to grand jury :
Ron Richard, R-Joplin. "Johnson's committee was the
3/1/2010 - Bill giving St. Louis local control over police advances:
Rep. Kate Meiners of Kansas City was the lone Democrat who voted against the bill, but a former committee member appeared at the proceedings to say she would also have opposed it. Rep. Vicki Englund, D-Mehlville, who was on the committee until last week, told reporters she would have voted no but Speaker Ron Richard, R-Joplin, had removed her from the committee.
3/1/2010 - Representative's estranged wife seeks legislative action to hasten divorce:
"(Cunningham's) infidelity has caused much pain and suffering for the two families directly involved and now his use of delay tactics as a member of the Missouri General Assembly has prevented the timely dissolution of our marriage," Neena Cunningham wrote in a letter to House Speaker Ron Richard, R-Joplin. "Many of the victims of Representative Cunningham's actions of infidelity want to move on with their lives, begin a new fresh start and allow for the healing process to complete itself."
3/1/2010 - Bill to give St. Louis control of its police department passes in committee:
House Speaker Ron Richard wouldn't say who was right.
2/22/2010 - Bill that would ban fake pot is stalled for a week on a technicality:
The bill has received support from House Speaker Ron Richard, R-Joplin, and Republicans hold majorities on the Rules Committee and in both chambers of the General Assembly. However, Burnett said he thought the session would end in May before the K2 legislation could be passed.
2/2/2010 - House approves 'stacked taxes' bill :
Similar legislation was proposed last year with co-sponsorship from members of both parties, including House Speaker Ron Richard, R-Joplin. The bill was passed in a committee, but was blocked from a vote on the floor by House Majority Leader Steve Tilley, R-Perryville.
2/2/2010 - Amendment stalls autism bill on Senate floor:
Gov. Jay Nixon mentioned support for a bill mandating autism coverage in his State of the State address and House Speaker Ron Richard, R-Joplin, has also voiced support for some type of mandated coverage.
1/6/2010 - Missouri's General Assembly convenes with focus on ethics reform:
House Speaker Ron Richard, R-Joplin, announced the creation of a committee in the House to address ethics and governmental accountability. Richard said he was creating a new committee, chaired by Rep. Sally Faith, R-St. Charles, instead of using current committees to draw attention to the issue.
1/20/2010 - House Republican Leaders React to Governor's Address:
House Speaker Republican Ron Richard says those cuts are nice, but other areas still need a lot of work.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of December 6, 2010:
The power outage coincided with the new legislator orientation session. Earlier in the day, House Speaker Ron Richard said the freshmen meetings would go on as scheduled, whether or not the power was restored.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of November 29, 2010:
The power outage coincided with the new legislator orientation session. Earlier in the day, House Speaker Ron Richard said the freshmen meetings would go on as scheduled, whether or not the power was restored.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of September 20, 2010:
House Speaker Ron Richard talks veto session 09/13/2010
- Missouri Government News for the Week of September 13, 2010:
House Speaker Ron Richard said reviving a bill that would create separate treasury accounts for federal funding is his top priority in Wednesday's veto session.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of May 10, 2010:
Republican House Speaker Ron Richard issued a formal statement Tuesday afternoon attacking the Republican-controlled Senate for adjourning early to let some members play golf.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of May 3, 2010:
House Speaker Ron Richard said exclusion of legislators was unintentional and could be fixed later in the legislative process
- Missouri Government News for the Week of April 26, 2010:
The audit came just days after House Speaker Ron Richard said he would reject the governor's call to reform tax credits this year.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of April 19, 2010:
Speaker Ron Richard, R-Joplin, said making drastic changes in the last three weeks of the legislative session would send too many shock waves .
- Missouri Government News for the Week of March 15, 2010:
"We have a plan and we'll meet the governor halfway," said Speaker of the House Ron Richard. "Everything is on the table as far as I'm concerned."
- Missouri Government News for the Week of March 8, 2010:
"We have a plan and we'll meet the governor halfway," said Speaker of the House Ron Richard. "Everything is on the table as far as I'm concerned."
- Missouri Government News for the Week of March 1, 2010:
"We have a plan and we'll meet the governor halfway," said Speaker of the House Ron Richard. "Everything is on the table as far as I'm concerned."
- Missouri Government News for the Week of February 22, 2010:
Purgason was not on the panel that featured party leaders Blunt, Akin, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-MO, Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields and House Speaker Ron Richards.
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