by Mike Lear | Apr 22, 2013 | News
The state House has approved a bill its sponsor says will keep people from staying on public assistance programs for a long time. Republican Casey Guernsey’s (R-Bethany)Â says the key provision in his bill would create a work program for public assistance...
by Mike Lear | Apr 18, 2013 | News
On the same day the U.S. Senate rejected an expansion of background checks for gun purchases, the Missouri House of Representatives has advanced two gun rights bills. A bill (HB 170)Â sponsored by Rep. Casey Guernsey (R-Bethany)Â would make laws passed after Jan. 1,...
by Mike Lear | Apr 5, 2013 | News
The state House has narrowly passed legislation to keep the state of Missouri from surveilling its citizens using aircraft. Representative Casey Guernsey (R-Bethany) says his bill stems from concern he has over events in two neighboring states. “The...
by Mike Lear | Mar 7, 2013 | News
The Revenue Department has offered an explanation for its license offices scanning personal information from concealed carry permit applicants. A lawsuit was filed in Stoddard County over its license office scanning those documents. A judge then granted an order...
by Mike Lear | Mar 7, 2013 | News
See an update on this story from 6:30pm 03/07/2013 A state lawmaker says an anonymous source has told him that a Department of Revenue license office in his district has scanned personal information from applicants for concealed carry permits and sent it to the...
