Podcasts & RSS Feeds

Rainy Day fundRSS
All ContentRSS
View all podcasts & RSS feeds

Tagged: Rainy Day fund

Disaster response
5:29 pm
Wed December 7, 2011

Mo. House committee releases disaster recommendations

Credit (UPI/Bill Greenblatt)
A car remains on its top, three days after a tornado devastated the area of Bridgeton, Mo., on April 25th, 2011.
Share
E-mail
Comments
By

A Missouri House committee that’s been looking into natural disaster response has released a list of recommendations for lawmakers to take up next year.

One of them would create a joint House-Senate committee that would have oversight into the use of the state’s Rainy Day fund for disaster expenses.   Speaker Pro-tem Shane Schoeller (R, Willard) supports the idea.

Read more
Missouri Disaster Recovery
6:17 pm
Fri July 29, 2011

Mo. House committee recommends special session for disaster recovery

Credit U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Carlos J. Lazo
Water flows from the Missouri River over levee L-550, located north of Highway 136 in Atchison County, Mo., June 19, 2011. The local sponsor reported overtopping of the levee to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers the morning of June 19.
Share
E-mail
Comments
By

A Missouri House committee looking at how state and local officials responded to several natural disasters this year is recommending a special session to deal with storm costs.

Committee members want to use a special session to discuss accessing the state's Rainy Day fund to help storm and flood-battered cities and counties.

Read more