by Alisa Nelson | Jun 9, 2023 | News
The only person in Missouri history to hold both positions of Missouri Speaker of the House and Senate President Pro Tem has died. Ron Richard, R-Joplin, was 75 years old. Richard started his political career in the 1990’s, where he was elected to the Joplin City...
by Mike Lear | Nov 11, 2013 | News, Politics / Govt
The Majority Leader in the Senate says he doesn’t think legislation that expands Medicaid will get anywhere in his chamber in 2014. Senator Ron Richard (R-Joplin) says if it does, he wants tort reform with it. Richard tells Missourinet, “I don’t...
by Mike Lear | Nov 1, 2013 | News
The legislature failed to override Governor Jay Nixon’s veto of a controversial gun bill. Now Senate Republican leaders who helped uphold that veto have made good on a promise to offer an alternative. Senate Majority Floor Leader Ron Richard (R-Joplin) has...
