Another wide-ranging anti-crime bill is moving forward in the Missouri Senate. Senate Committee Substitute for SBs 754, 746, 788, 765, 841, 887 & 861 was voted out of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. Last year’s bill was vetoed by Gov. Mike Parson, in...
A Kansas City-area woman will continue to push Missouri lawmakers to pass tougher penalties for celebratory gunfire. On the 4th of July in 2011, 12-year-old Blair Shanahan Lane was shot in the neck by a bullet fired into the air from a nearby home and she died minutes...
One bill that made it to the finish line and passed the Missouri Legislature has been vetoed by Gov. Mike Parson. Senate Bill 189 was a wide-ranging crime package. The main highlights include bolstering penalties for assault on a law enforcement animal, streamlining...
The Missouri Legislature has given final approval to a wide-ranging crime package. The bill would bolster penalties for assault on a law enforcement animal, streamline the process to clear criminal records and create a conviction review unit to give Missourians a...
Missouri is reviewing whether to update its sex offender registry requirements for those who are convicted of committing crimes against children and the mentally disabled. A Senate committee is considering the public safety bill, sponsored by Representative Justin...
