Thursday, February 23, 2012
Creve Coeur area lawmakers and business leaders react to this week's decision to declare the high tech business funding mechanism unconstitutional.
State Attorney General Chris Koster announced Wednesday his office will appeal a Cole County Judge's ruling that the Missouri Science and Innovation Reinvestment Act is unconstitutional. Pro-life groups challenged the bill in court after it was signed into law, despite the fact that its passage in last year's special legislative session was tied to another bill which was not passed. The legislation could be a boon to high tech business centers, including the BRDG Park located on the campus of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in Creve Coeur. MOSIRA would build a fund the state could use to help attract startup and existing high-tech businesses. In a statement, Koster said: "The Missouri Science and Innovation Reinvestment Act is an …
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
A Cole County Judge ruled the bill, which Governor Nixon campaigned for in Creve Coeur at the Danforth Plant Science Center, is unconstitutional.
A Cole County Judge has struck down a piece of legislation which could have big implications for growing high tech businesses in the State of Missouri, and especially in Creve Coeur. In a decision announced Tuesday morning, Cole County Judge Daniel Green ruled that the Missouri Science and Innovation Reinvestment Act, or MOSIRA, violated the state constitution, according to the Associated Press. The legislation, which passed during last fall's special legislative session, required the passage of another bill, in this case, a package of tax credit reforms which were tied to bringing a China hub to Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. That measure, known together as Aerotropolis, did not pass. Governor Nixon campaigned for MOSIRA, which …
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Clayton-based Missouri Roundtable For Life files petition in Cole County to declare special session legislation null and void.
Right-To-Life advocates filed suit in Cole County Circuit Court Thursday, asking a judge to declare the Missouri Science and Innovation Reinvestment Act, or MOSIRA, null and void on the grounds that the language authorizing its passage was tied to another piece of legislation which did not pass in this year's special session of the Missouri General Assembly. When Governor Nixon signed the bill into law in October and again during a ceremony at the Danforth Plant Science Center in Creve Coeur , he maintained a position that the MOSIRA bill, which was tied to the fate of the failed Aerotropolis Economic Development legislation, would survive a legal challenge over severability. The Clayton-based Missouri Rountable for Life, and Missouri …
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
The legislation could be a boost for life sciences start-ups in Creve Coeur and St. Louis.
The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center campus was the backdrop for two photo opportunities this past summer as Missouri Governor Jay Nixon made the case in support of the Missouri Science and Innovation Reinvestment Act or MOSIRA prior to the special session of the Missouri state legislature. Wednesday, Nixon returned to Creve Coeur for a ceremonial signing of the bill, which could give the Danforth Center backers new tools to attract new tenants at the life science campus. Nixon officially formally signed the bill prior to an overseas trip to China. According to the Associated Press, under the legislation, state revenues equal to a percentage of the growth in the wages paid to employees of existing science-based companies will be used …
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Friday, October 21, 2011
The special session legislation may still draw a legal challenge but the bill could be a big boost for the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and BRDG Park in Creve Coeur.
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon's office Friday announced he has signed Senate Bill 7, the Missouri Science and Innovation Reinvestment Act, which would help fund state efforts to lure new high tech companies and jobs to the state. The bill, one of the few to emerge during a contentious special legislative session in Jefferson City, has been long-sought after by local representatives of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and BRDG Park in Creve Coeur, who are trying to fill out their campus vision as a high-tech hotspot and felt like they needed more ammunition. According to the Associated Press: The program would be financed by annual transfers from state revenues equal to a percentage of the growth in the wages paid to employees of …
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
Governor Nixon calls on lawmakers to pass an economic development package or go home.
Politics often gets described in metaphorical strategy akin to sporting events. If someone were to take a look at the status of the Special Session of the Missouri Legislature, they might describe parties involved as "getting chippy". Three weeks after the session started, one piece of legislation, a fix to the so-called "Facebook" law regarding teacher and student communication has been passed, even though some might argue the actual bill itself is outside the scope of what Governor Jay Nixon added to his call for the session. Another bill, which could boost the high tech sector in Creve Coeur, has also been passed, but is now tied to the fate of legislation seen as the main foundation for the session itself, an economic development bill …
Friday, September 2, 2011
Surgery will keep Brian Hook in mending mode when the state legislative special session starts next week in Jefferson City.
No special session coverage due to surgery I am bummed. I have been following and reporting about tax credits and other economic development incentives since last year when Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon formed a commission to look for ways to reform the state’s 61 tax credit programs. Tax credit reform, however, did not pass before the end of the legislative session in May. Since then, I have been told I need surgery on my arm to repair nerve damage. While on vacation, earlier this month, the surgery was scheduled for Friday. Being an optimist, apparently, I heard the surgeon say I would be out for at least two weeks following the surgery. My wife heard it could be a month. We both heard it may take six months before my left hand is fully …
Thursday, July 21, 2011
The BRDG Park at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center could benefit from legislation to be considered in a September special session.
Governor Jay Nixon used the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in Creve Coeur as a backdrop to bolster his support of special legislative session legislation to spur growth in the state's high-tech sector. On Wednesday, Nixon announced he would call lawmakers to Jefferson City in September after House and Senate leaders announced an agreement on a package that would reform tax credit programs and take other steps to bring Lambert-St. Louis International Airport closer to becoming a hub for cargo from China. Thursday, he laid out in broad strokes his priorities for that September session, and the Danforth Center was front and center. "We're not here by accident," he said. He described the center and the adjoining BRDG Park, as an …
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jan boyle
12:14 pm on Saturday, December 3, 2011
thanks for your column on mosira. taxpayers should be aware of how our dollars are being spent. all polls show that the majority of missourians believe in the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death. we who share that position on life do not want our tax dollars spent on medical research projects which kill a human embryo or which will clone humans. adult stem cells are being used… more ›