Special Session Roadblock

Missourinet: "The so-called Ford bill has hit a roadblock in the person of Senate Fiscal Affairs Committee Chairman Chuck Purgason, who says the state has no business offering tax incentives to a profitable company at a time when it faces a severe budget shortfall and potential layoffs of thousands more state employees."

Missourinet has posted audio of Purgason speaking to reporters this morning. Listen:

The Post-Dispatch has more.