by Mike Lear | May 6, 2016 | Education, News
The state legislature has voted to put back a limit on how much the target to fund K-12 education can grow every two years. For years the state has not fully funded the K-12 funding formula. The legislature overturned a veto by Governor Jay Nixon (D), making law a...
by Mike Lear | May 5, 2016 | Education, News
The state legislature has called for a commission to study the University of Missouri’s administrative structure. Many state lawmakers want to see what changes might have allowed MU to respond more quickly to protests last fall against racism, and to issues like...
by Mike Lear | May 4, 2016 | Business, News
The Missouri House has voted to override Governor Jay Nixon’s veto of a bill called “paycheck protection” by supporters, and “paycheck deception” by opponents. The measure, HB 1891, now goes to the Senate where it is believed there are...
by Mike Lear | May 4, 2016 | News
The state House has given initial approval to what’s being called a “personhood” amendment to the Missouri Constitution. The proposed amendment to Missouri’s Constitution would add “unborn human children at every stage of biological...
by Mike Lear | May 3, 2016 | News
The state legislature has voted to block a rule that allowed a wage increase for home health care employees, over a veto by Governor Jay Nixon (D). The Department of Health and Senior Services created the rule that would have raised the wages of home health employees....
