by admin | Jun 30, 2004 | Crime / Courts
A state commission looking at the ways criminals are sentenced recommends a big change. The Sentencing Advisory Commission suggests a new system of evaluating people who have been convicted or pleaded guilty, and making recommendations for appropraite punishment....
by admin | Jun 30, 2004 | Politics / Govt
The Columbia city clerk is checking to see if there are enough signatures on petitions to ask voters to change marijuana laws in the city. One petition calls for dismissing marijuana possession charges against people whose doctors have recommended they use it for...
by admin | Jun 29, 2004 | Politics / Govt
The announcement that Governor Bob Holden has agreed to two debates with his main opponent in the race for the Democratic nomination for Governor comes as great news to that opponent. State Auditor Claire McCaskill says Missourians will get the opportunity to see...
by admin | Jun 29, 2004 | Military
A State Representative doing his Missouri National Guard time in Iraq says the moved-up transfer of power date surprised him, probably as much as anyone back in the U.S. Representative Jim Avery of the St. Louis suburb of Crestwood is now an Army specialist clearing...
by admin | Jun 29, 2004 | Politics / Govt
Governor Bob Holden has signed legislation reforming the state’s Child Welfare System. The effort to revise the laws was driven by the death of 2-year-old Dominic James of Willard in southwest Missouri. Many of the elements of this law have already been...
