The nonprofit Missouri Alliance for Long-Term Care Reform has released a report about the state’s nursing homes. The report alleges understaffing, inadequate supervision, government funding being diverted to increase profits over care, and repeated citations for...
When the state legislature returns from spring break, a Missouri Senate committee could vote on protections against frivolous lawsuits that aim to silence people’s free speech rights. Sen. Mike Henderson, R-Desloge, is sponsoring a bill to take on what are known as...
Another list of people tapped by Gov. Mike Kehoe has been approved to serve in Missouri leadership positions, or on boards and commissions. The latest slate of names includes James Kent Oberkrom as a member of the Board of Probation and Parole. Oberkrom talked about...
Could Missouri allow homeschool students to participate in a school district’s extra-curricular activities? That’s what the state House is looking over. Sen. Ben Brown, R-Washington is proposing to let homeschool students participate in an activity offered by a...
One chamber down, one to go on an effort to ban child marriage in Missouri. The bill sponsored by Sen. Tracy McCreery, D-Olivette, would ban marriages for anyone under 18, with no exceptions. She said it’s not just a legislative imperative; it’s a moral one....
