The House handler of a proposed Constitutional amendment to bar penalties or lawsuits against businesses and religious organizations who refuse services in same-sex marriages has until the end of House business on Tuesday to try to resurrect it. The proposed amendment...
The state House has proposed tougher controls on the handling of police reports on suicide attempts and sex crimes. Representative Genise Montecillo (D-Montecillo) told fellow lawmakers that after she attempted suicide last year, St. Louis County Police notified the...
A proposal to ask voters to raise Missouri’s fuel tax 5.9-cents is now before the House Transportation Committee. It’s the first step in whether the House will eventually vote with the Senate, and ask voters to increase Missouri’s 17-cent fuel tax,...
The legislature has sent Governor Jay Nixon (D) a bill that would change the standard for who is considered an expert witness in a Missouri courtroom. The proposal would have expert witness testimony allowed only if it is based on “sufficient facts” and...
The state House could still bring up a controversial ballot proposal regarding same-sex marriage, but its leader doesn’t expect that to happen. A tie vote in a committee Wednesday meant the failure a plan to ask voters whether the state Constitution should block...
