by Mike Lear | Mar 7, 2013 | News
See our update on this story, filed at 1:50pm 03/07/2013. Two House lawmakers say the state Revenue Department is sending personal information from applicants for concealed carry permits to the Department of Homeland Security. In an e-mail this morning,...
by Mike Lear | Mar 4, 2013 | Education, News
The House has approved a bill to exempt most school districts in the state from prevailing wage law. Backers of the bill say many schools, particularly in rural parts of the state, have to put off construction and maintenance projects or leave them undone because they...
by Mike Lear | Feb 28, 2013 | News
A ballot issue meant to protect the rights of Missourians to farm is one step closer to reach voters. A proposed constitutional amendment has been passed out of the House that would put a so-called “right to farm” issue on the November, 2014 ballot....
by Mike Lear | Feb 21, 2013 | News
A Northwest Missouri representative has presented a welfare reform package aimed at fighting fraud and saving the state money. The fiscal note on Representative Casey Guernsey’s (R-Bethany) legislation says its proposals could put the state in danger of losing...
by Mike Lear | Feb 20, 2013 | News
The House Committee on General Laws has held hearings on two bills whose sponsors say they are needed to protect the gun rights of Missourians. Representative Casey Guernsey (R-Bethany) has offered HB 170 that would make it a class “D” felony to enforce or...
