Rick Stream

(Updated 1 p.m. Monday, March 24)As expected, state Rep. Rick Stream filed Monday morning for St. Louis County executive – tossing a new element into what…

(Update 4:50 p.m. Friday, March 21)The race for St. Louis County executive heated up on Friday, as Republicans began a final push for a high-profile…

House budget writers have passed Missouri's state budget for Fiscal Year 2015, which begins July 1.The roughly $28 billion spending plan still includes a…

The Missouri House has passed a supplemental budget for the current fiscal year.House Bill 2014 includes $5 million for the unaccredited Normandy School…

Republicans in the Missouri House have unveiled their proposal for funding construction of a new state mental hospital in Fulton.Their plan is similar to…

Rep. Rick Stream, chairman of the Missouri House Budget Committee, filed two bills Thursday that could help the Normandy School District avert going…

Jo Mannies hosts state House Budget chairman Rick Stream, a Republican from Kirkwood. She was joined by Marshall Griffin of St. Louis Public Radio’s Jefferson City bureau.

Republican leaders in the Missouri House have scrapped the budget being proposed by Gov. Jay Nixon, a Democrat. Instead they will use last year's budget…

(Updated 1:20 a.m. Friday, Dec. 20)Missouri legislative leaders and Gov. Jay Nixon are disagreeing on what revenue estimates should be used in drawing up…

Every week, St. Louis Public Radio’s Chris McDaniel joins the St. Louis Beacon’s Jo Mannies and Jason Rosenbaum to talk about the week’s politics.On this…