One of the biggest financial pressures facing local governments today is the rising cost of healthcare.
Posts published by “Mark Harder”
St. Louis County Councilman
The detention last fall of twenty individuals from multiple foreign countries working at the same restaurant suspected of being here illegally by Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Parents have the right to raise and care for their children without undue interference from the government. Unfortunately, many examples of interference surround us
While national headlines often focus on what divides us, Missouri’s leaders are finding common ground on a critical economic issue: occupational licensing reform.
Working families in Missouri don’t need another lecture about why health care costs keep going up. They’re living it. Premiums rise. Deductibles get bigger. Employers…
Missouri farmers depend on reliable, affordable transportation to move crops from the field to processors, export terminals and markets around the world.
Imagine being in a car accident. You’re stopped at a red light and another driver rear-ends you. Most people would assume that because you did not cause the accident, you would be on the receiving end of compensation.
Earlier this month the presidents and chancellors of Missouri’s community colleges were called to a meeting to review the Missouri House’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget…
“No taxation without representation” wasn’t just a catch phrase for the Founding Fathers. It was the idea that a government wasn’t legitimate if it could…
The way Missouri allocates taxpayer dollars for higher education is fundamentally flawed, and as Chairman of the House Budget Committee, I believe it is time to fix it.