Missouri GOP Answered Reform Call with Ayes, Oops

Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt led a Republican charge to fix the state's workers' compensation system, getting almost no backing from Democrats and still getting two bills through the Legislature and onto his desk. Blunt signed Senate Bills 1 and 130 into law in late March, keeping his promise "to restore fairness to Missouri's workers' compensation system by protecting rights of injured workers without threatening Missouri jobs," he said. Politically, it wasn't a difficult task: Both houses of the Missouri Legislature are controlled by Republicans, the first time that has happened in the Show...