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Institutional Effects of Term Limits In Missouri1
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2004)
Missouri adopted term limits in 1992 but the limits did not take full effect until 2003 in the House and will take full effect in the Senate in 2005. Missouri's limit is a lifetime limit of eight years in each chamber, for ...
A Shifting Safety Net After PRWORA? Use of Cash Assistance by Non- Citizens in Missouri
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2005)
Powerpoint presentation concerning the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act prepared for the Institute of Public Policy at the Harry S. Truman School of Public Affairs at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Data representations include...
Renewable Identification Number Markets: Draft Baseline Table
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2009-09)
This report gives a preliminary look at how FAPRI-MU RIN market projections could be represented as supply and use tables....
Improving Enforcement of Protection Orders in Domestic Violence Situations
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2002)
Domestic violence is increasingly recognized as a serious social problem in Missouri. Protection orders are designed to offer individuals some level of safety, but nationally it is estimated that a quarter of such orders ...
Health Literacy Missouri
(Center for Health Policy, University of Missouri - School of Medicine, 2006)
As approved by the Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH) Board of Directors in 2006, Health Literacy Missouri (HLM) envisions a future in which the policies and practices of Missouri institutions and the public promote understanding of health...
Missouri's Budget Reserve Fund
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2004)
the State maintain public programs in an era of fiscal stress....
Missouri's Budget Reserve Fund
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2006)
the State maintain public programs in an era of fiscal stress....
Missouri Tax Credits
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2009)
(Joint Committee on Tax Policy 2009, “Tax Credits in Missouri”). A tax credit is a dollar-for-dollar reduction, satisfaction, or payment of tax liability. Recently, the amount of tax credits that have been authorized, issued, and redeemed has grown...
Term Limits & Tenure in the Missouri General Assembly 2005
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2005)
The following report examines tenure and turnover in the Missouri General Assembly following the critical 2002 general election and the 2004 election. The 2002 election was the first since the decennial redistricting and ...
Term Limits & Tenure in the Missouri General Assembly (2007)
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2007)
The following report examines tenure and turnover in the Missouri General Assembly from just before term limits took effect through the election of 2006. The 2002 election was the fi rst since the decennial redistricting, ...
Combined Sewer Overflows: A Threat to Water Quality in Missouri
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2005)
Clean water is essential to the health and well being of humans and their environment. Pollution threatens surface waters and may make them unsafe for human use. Much of the pollution is from man made sources and, by law, ...
Representation in State Legislatures: A Focus on Missouri
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2004)
In Summer 2003, the Institute of Public Policy conducted a mail survey of state legislators in Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, New Jersey, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and South Dakota. We found that the number of requests for casework a...
Administrative Rules Procedure 2004
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2004)
State agencies are required to promulgate as rules any “statement of general applicability that implements, interprets, or prescribes law or policy that describes the organization, procedure or practice requirements of any agency. Proposed orders...
Administrative Rules Procedure
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2004)
State agencies are required to promulgate as rules any “statement of general applicability that implements, interprets, or prescribes law or policy that describes the organization, procedure or practice requirements of any agency. Proposed orders...
Governor's Appointment Power for Missouri Executive Departments
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2004)
Missouri state government is not organized in the structured, top down mold so familiar in the corporate world. In fact, state government contains several different organizational structures with varying degrees of ...
State Regulation of Trucking: The Policy Impact of Differential Speed Limits
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2004)
Aging Out of Foster Care in Missouri
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2008)
This note examines the current status and trends in the provision of transitional services to youth who age out of the foster care system. It also discusses federal support for those services and recent federal initiatives ...
Representation in State Legislatures
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2003)
In Summer 2003, the Institute of Public Policy conducted a mail survey of state
legislators to determine how legislators feel about constituency service and the use of technology, whether they believe email has a positive effect on communication...
School Breakfast Participation
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2008)
Students who do not eat breakfast are more likely to score lower on standardized tests, experience more disciplinary problems, have higher absentee rates, have more tardy days, receive lower math grades, and score lower ...
Profiles of Missouri: Obesity Rate in Missouri
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2005)
, and data are not available for Hawaii). In this report, F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America, 2005, TFAH outlines the nation's growing problem. Approximately 119 million Americans, or 64.5 percent, are either overweight or obese...