Q&A: Rick Stream on Missouri Budget

The Kirkwood representative talks challenges, strategies and residents' concerns.

We caught up with  Rep. Rick Stream (R-Kirkwood) after he was selected to chair the Missouri House Budget Committee.  1. Patch: Why are you excited about this decision? Stream: It’s an honor to be selected by Rep. Jones, the presumptive Speaker, to chair the House Budget Committee.  It’s a tremendous responsibility that I take very seriously.  Thankfully, the House Budget staff is excellent and I will be assisted by very capable members of the House.  As a member of the House Budget Committee for 6 years and 4 years as the Vice-Chairman, I have become familiar with the state budget.  I also have 30 years of federal government budget experience as well as 12 years working with school district budgets while on the Kirkwood School Board. 2. …

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Rick Stream, Republican Candidate for Missouri House of Representatives 90th District

Rick Stream is seeking to represent the Kirkwood-Des Peres area for a fourth term in the Missouri House of Representatives.

Name : Mr. Rick Stream  Date of birth : 23 February 1949 Place of residence : Kirkwood, MO Attended college : Yes College : University of Missouri-St. Louis Degree : Business Administration Year of graduation : 1971 College : St. Louis Community College Degree : Associates in Arts Year of graduation : 1971 Job titles held : U.S. Naval Officer, 1971-1975, Retired Department of Defense, Budget/Project Manager, House Budget Committee Vice-Chairman, House Small Business Committee Member, House Appropriations - Education Committee Member, House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee Member Field Representative, Director of Governmental Affairs, State Representative, Speaker Pro Tem. Employers : U.S. Navy, U.S. Department of Defense. …

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Rick Stream to Chair House Budget Committee

Monday's selection was based on the Kirkwood representative's fiscally responsible approach to the budgetary process.

Current Majority Floor Leader and Speaker-Designate of the Missouri House of Representatives, Rep. Tim Jones (R-Eureka), announced on Monday his selection of Rep. Rick Stream (R-Kirkwood), to chair the House Budget Committee for the 97th General Assembly.  Jones also selected Rep. Tom Flanigan (R-Carthage), to serve as vice chairman of the Budget Committee, and tapped Rep. Jeanie Riddle (R-Mokane), to chair the House Rules Committee. Jones stated in a Monday announcement the choice to name Stream as the chair of one of the legislature’s most important and influential committees is based on Stream’s deep experience as vice chairman of the committee and his fiscally responsible approach to the budgetary process. As Budget Committee chairman…

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Lawmakers See Little Hope for Education Bill

One provision of the legislation would allow accredited school districts, like Webster Groves and Kirkwood, to establish guidelines for accepting transfer students.

Area lawmakers expressed doubts that a currently stalled education reform bill will make its way out of the state legislature at a breakfast meet-and-greet hosted by the Webster Groves and Kirkwood school districts. About 45 citizens gathered to hear the legislators speak Saturday at Webster Groves High School, and most of the morning was taken up by a question-and-answer session.  At the heart of the conversation was House Bill 1740, which in its current form contains a provision that would allow accredited districts to establish guidelines for accepting transfer students from unaccredited districts. The measure is intended to address a potential influx of students from unaccredited schools, like the St. Louis Public School District, to …

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Rep. Stream to Shed Light on Presidential Process

The Kirkwood Republican plans an event explaining Missouri's road map to selecting GOP presidential delegates.

The GOP process for selecting presidential delegates is not exactly straightforward. Even though there’s a primary in February, as of now, delegates will be selected at caucuses held in March. In attempt to sort the situation out for area Republicans, Rep. Rick Stream (R-Kirkwood) is planning a “Presidential Primary Preview” at Westminster Christian Academy in Town and Country. The event will feature an explanation of the state’s presidential delegate situation by Missouri Republican Party political director Robert Knodell. In addition to a straw poll and presentations from presidential campaigns, the evening will also feature analysis from political science professor Rick Hardy. Hardy, who used to teach at the University of Missouri and …

Kirkwood Rep Talks Open Enrollment

Missouri Representative Rick Stream of the 94th district spoke to the issue open enrollment for students from unaccredited school districts at the Kirkwood School District Offices Wednesday.

Tornado warnings and severe rain didn't stop Missouri Representative Rick Stream (R-Kirkwood) from coming to the Kirkwood School District offices at North Kirkwood Middle School Wednesday as part of a listening tour, where he discussed the impact of the past year's legislative work on local education. Stream — who is a member of the Elementary and Secondary Education Committee in the Missouri House of Representatives and a former member of the Kirkwood School Board — listened to questions and summarized his agenda for officials from the Kirkwood and Parkway School districts. During the session, Stream addressed HB 763, a bill sponsored by Stream in response to the Turner vs. Clayton case. The bill, which failed in the Senate, would have …

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