by admin | Jul 1, 2008 | News
The fight against child sexual predators gets some help with additional resources that will soon be available now that Governor Matt Blunt (R-MO) has signed legislation aimed at better protecting children. Senator John Loudon (R-Chesterfield) sponsored Senate Bill 714...
by admin | Apr 21, 2008 | Politics / Govt
Governor Matt Blunt (R-MO) is renewing his call for the state’s worst sexual predators to be death penalty eligible. The Governor is asking the General Assembly to send him legislation that would allow prosecutors to seek the death penalty in cases of forcible...
by admin | Apr 13, 2008 | Politics / Govt
A state representative makes an impassioned plea on the House floor, but fails to persuade enough votes to push through a measure he champions. Rarely has a speech on the House floor silenced the chamber. All fell silent as Rep. Dwight Scharnhorst (R-Manchester)...
by admin | Feb 26, 2008 | Politics / Govt
An effort to get teachers who sexually abuse students out of the classroom receives preliminary approval in the House, though some representatives wonder whether the bill skirts due process. Rep. Jane Cunningham (R-Chesterfield) said she took action in wake of an...
by admin | Feb 13, 2008 | Education
Parents of developmentally disabled children could send their children to private schools under two bills being considered by a Senate committee. Autism was the main focus of a packed hearing in the Senate Lounge of the Capitol, but the two Senate bills are much...
