The governor recommended alternative schools for violent students, tougher sentences for sex offenders and more money for adult-abuse shelters. Republican leaders charged the governor was trying to sound Republican in an election year with his recommendations for getting tough on crime and cutting taxes was election year politics. Republicans claim Carnahan is taking credit for their plan Republicans accuse Democratic governor of sounding like a GOPer in his legislative program. Governor tops legislative recommendations with crackdown on crime. Governor leaves health insurance regulation off his agenda.
Experts agree with governor that the state's economy is booming.
Governor proposes sales tax cut, GOP charges it's politics. Republicans attack governor's motivations for seeking a tax cut. Let the Voters Decide The director of Missouri's Police Chiefs Association told a Senate committee that Missouri voters should decide whether to legalize concealed weapons. That's the same position that Gov. Mel Carnahan has taken on the issue. During last year's session, Carnahan had warned he would veto a packed-pistols bill unless it were submitted to the voters.