by Alisa Nelson | Mar 31, 2023 | Legislature, News
One chamber down and one to go for Missouri’s $46 billion state budget proposal. The Missouri House of Representatives has passed the fiscal outline for the state budget year that begins in July. The plan includes: •$3.6 billion in state aid to K-12 public...
by Alisa Nelson | Sep 27, 2021 | Legislature, News
The Missouri Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing for this week about the way Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft handled a proposed referendum to overturn an eight-week abortion ban bill. Alisa Nelson reports. Earlier stories: GROUPS SUE ASHCROFT FOR ‘ROBBING’...
by Alisa Nelson | Nov 24, 2020 | Crime / Courts, Health / Medicine, News
The Missouri State Conference of the NAACP, American Civil Liberties Union and several other organizations are hosting a virtual town hall this evening at 7 p.m. to talk about COVID-19 outbreaks within Missouri’s prisons. Families of those impacted by COVID inside...
by Alisa Nelson | Jul 29, 2020 | Crime / Courts, Legislature, News
A Missouri Senate committee is reviewing a plan that aims to help reduce the state’s violent crime rate. Sen. Doug Libla, the Transportation, Infrastructure, and Public Safety Committee chairman, is sponsoring the bill the Legislature is tasked with passing during the...
by Alisa Nelson | Jul 13, 2020 | Crime / Courts, Education, Legislature, News, Politics / Govt
The U.S. Department of Education has issued new regulations for the nation’s K-12 and most higher education schools to use when responding to sexual harassment and assault allegations. The changes fall under the federal Title IX law, which bans discrimination based on...
