Business leaders, specifically the National Association of Manufacturers, have sent a letter supporting the tax reform bills that have...

By Ray McCarty, President and CEO, Associated Industries of Missouri We received a call Tuesday, August 1, from a CBS Evening News...

Associated Industries of Missouri (AIM) joined several other business groups in filing suit against an ordinance passed by the City of...

Governor Eric Greitens has signed HB 153, sponsored by Rep. Kevin Corlew Similar legislation was passed last year and vetoed by Governor...

Associated Industries of Missouri began running television ads today supporting closing the tobacco settlement loophole that has resulted...

You may have heard some news reports that the governor does not believe the unemployment reform bill, HB 150, may be taken up in the...

AIM president Ray McCarty testified at Tuesday’s regular hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee this week on several issues of...

Governor Jay Nixon announced today he plans to call a special legislative session to ask for “critical funding for the ongoing operations...

Associated Industries of Missouri (AIM) is pleased the Missouri General Assembly was able to override Governor Jay Nixon’s veto of a bill...

Two bills that would extend a current sales tax exemption for replacement parts and equipment used to repair aircraft got legislative...

This week, we saw some activity on SCS SB 509 & 496, a tax cut bill in the Missouri Senate. This bill, as approved by the Senate Ways and...

In what has become an annual exercise in futility, Associated Industries of Missouri once again testified in support of a joint...

January 3, 2014 – Much has been written about the so-called “border war” between Missouri and Kansas, and whether or not tax incentives...

Senator Eric Schmitt (R-15) and Representative Anne Zerr (R-65) have filed bills in the Senate and House respectively.  They are the only...

LETTER TO HOUSE LEADERS: The organizations listed below represent many Missouri employers.  On behalf of these employers, we respectfully...

February 6 – AIM President/CEO Ray McCarty and our team of lobbyists has been busy working on several key issues for employers this week....

AIM member Pro Food Systems, Inc., the parent company of Champs Chicken, is expanding again.  Shawn Burcham, president and CEO of Pro...

Following a meeting this afternoon between Senate Ways and Means Chairman Chuck Purgason, Representative Jerry Nolte and I, Senator...

April 27 – The legislature has just three weeks to resolve differences and pass several important issues.  And while the clock continues...

April 11 – AIM President Ray McCarty testified before a House Committee yesterday in favor of two bills that would reform protections for...