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America’s founding fathers did not grant you your rights. The founders made it very clear that they believed your rights come from God, and their purpose was to protect your God given rights.
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By Paul Hamby
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7/9/25
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Last Wednesday June 11, the Missouri House voted on the unconstitutional multi-subject bill that authorizes funding for new stadiums for the KC Chiefs and KC Royals.
The bill passed with 90 yes …
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By Paul Hamby
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6/18/25
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For politicians, temptation is the belief that they can do better things with your money than you can.
The temptation is taking other people’s money via taxes to redistribute to …
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By Paul Hamby
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6/11/25
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The 2025 legislative session ended early with the Senate closing shop on Wednesday, May 14. Here is part 2 of our end of session report.
Passed HJR 73. Gives voters a second chance to determine …
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By Paul Hamby
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5/28/25
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by Paul Hamby
The 2025 legislative session ended last week. Missouri reps and senators filed more than 2600 bills this year. Sixteen budget bills passed with a total spending of 52.5 billion, …
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By Paul Hamby
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5/21/25
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The April 8 election results show some Missouri precincts and townships with 10% voter turnout or less.
The results mean that in some cases just 5% of the population are choosing board members …
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Legislation to reform local Missouri elections
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4/25/25
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Here are some bills to watch:
HB 660, sponsored by State Representative Ben Keathley. This house bill seeks to protect taxpayers from repeated tax proposals. If a local tax proposal is rejected, …
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by Paul Hamby
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4/14/25
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Here are some bills to watch:
HB 660, sponsored by State Representative Ben Keathley. This house bill seeks to protect taxpayers from repeated tax proposals. If a local tax proposal is rejected, …
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by Paul Hamby
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3/28/25
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Across the state of Missouri, there are elections for new local taxes, creating new bonds for local governments (bonds are long term loans) and renewing existing taxes.
There are races for …
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by Paul Hamby
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3/5/25
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The legislative season is now in full force as Missouri legislators start the session this week. The session runs through May 16, 2025.
During the 2024 campaign season there were nearly as many …
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BY PAUL HAMBY
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1/8/25
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This week we continue our series looking at priority issues for the 2025 Missouri legislative session. Pre-filing bills continues and now 1257 bills have been filed by Missouri State Senators and …
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BY PAUL HAMBY
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12/26/24
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This week we continue our series of looking at priority issues for the 2025 Missouri legislative session that begins in January. Pre-filing bills continue and now 1,135 bills have been filed by …
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BY PAUL HAMBY
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12/18/24
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The Missouri legislative session starts on Jan. 8, 2025.
Pre-filing of bills started December 1 and in the first week, 992 bills were filed. Fortunately most will not become new laws.
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BY PAUL HAMBY
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12/11/24
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Since 2019, the buying power of your paycheck has lost about ⅓ of its value.
The official inflation rate does not count all things for every day cost of living. However, the government says …
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BY PAUL HAMBY
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11/13/24
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The concept of individual liberty, that is the right to live as a free human, has inspired people for thousands of years. Here is some inspiration from five of the best.
Pro Libertate which …
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By Paul Hamby
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11/6/24
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Should you have to pay a special fee to fund the retirement of present and retired courthouse workers in order to have your day in court? No! Our founding fathers created a system that meant that all …
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By Paul Hamby
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10/16/24
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Hurricane Helene made landfall on Thursday, Sept. 26 as a category 4 storm. Most weather forecasters predicted a lot of damage along the coast and then it would quickly die out, but instead it picked …
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By Paul Hamby
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10/9/24
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The idea is that you set aside money for specific tasks and store it in an envelope until needed so that money is not spent on temptations.
One such envelope would be for groceries. The cook in …
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By Paul Hamby
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10/2/24
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In the spring of 2020, a close friend called and asked: “Have you heard about the new virus spreading worldwide?” I had indeed as it was on radio newscasts and in the newspapers. There …
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By Paul Hamby
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9/25/24
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Proposition A ballot question asks to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour. This ballot question comes from a citizen initiative petition. The funding source for this years petition is unknown, but …
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By Paul Hamby
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9/18/24
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