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Checking in on Missouri Rep. Noel Shull (R)
A priority of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce is a downtown arts campus for the University of Missouri–Kansas City. The campus would create a new home for the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance near the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.
UMKC says it’s raised half of the $96 million to the build the campus. The university had hoped a state matching program for higher-education capital projects would provide the rest. But Gov. Eric Greitens did not include the project in his 2017 budget.
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Shull, for instance, voted for the right-to-work law that Gov. Eric Greitens signed at multiple ceremonies. Shull also voted for new regulations on unions that will, among things, require workers to sign a union membership card every year, even if they want to maintain their membership indefinitely.
There was not a lot of talk about tort reform during the 2016 campaign. But it has emerged as a major priority for Republicans. Shull voted for one House bill that trial lawyers say is designed to make it harder to bring personal-injury cases. He voted for another bill that lawyers say will lower settlements by changing a longstanding evidentiary rule.
Shull does not think Kansas City should be able to set a minimum wage higher than $7.70, the state's base wage. He voted to nullify a minimum wage increase in St. Louis and prevent other cities from taking similar action.
UMKC says it’s raised half of the $96 million to the build the campus. The university had hoped a state matching program for higher-education capital projects would provide the rest. But Gov. Eric Greitens did not include the project in his 2017 budget.
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Shull, for instance, voted for the right-to-work law that Gov. Eric Greitens signed at multiple ceremonies. Shull also voted for new regulations on unions that will, among things, require workers to sign a union membership card every year, even if they want to maintain their membership indefinitely.
There was not a lot of talk about tort reform during the 2016 campaign. But it has emerged as a major priority for Republicans. Shull voted for one House bill that trial lawyers say is designed to make it harder to bring personal-injury cases. He voted for another bill that lawyers say will lower settlements by changing a longstanding evidentiary rule.
Shull does not think Kansas City should be able to set a minimum wage higher than $7.70, the state's base wage. He voted to nullify a minimum wage increase in St. Louis and prevent other cities from taking similar action.
Read more: http://www.pitch.com/news/blog/20856034/adoptalegislator-checking-in-on-missouri-rep-noel-shull