WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to vote at 1:30 p.m. on whether to recommend Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the full Senate. The chairman, Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley, announced the vote as the committee began its meeting. Kavanaugh has just picked up a key vote of support from a…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is celebrating the Senate Budget Committee’s passage of the Republican tax plan, which will advance the sweeping tax package to the full Senate. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement Tuesday that President Donald Trump is applauding the committee for “taking an important step toward passing historic tax…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A bill that calls for eliminating St. Louis’ one-percent earnings tax is moving forward. The measure was approved by a Senate committee on Thursday. Republican Senator Kurt Schaefer of Columbia, sponsored the measure, which would eliminate the one-percent earnings tax for St. Louis and Kansas City. In Thursday’s amended version, Kansas City…