by Mike Lear | May 17, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
The state’s budget director tells House Republicans the Nixon Administration’s budget office is willing to work with legislative budget makers to change how the state pays dues to organizations its agencies and elected officials belong to. Republicans...
by Mike Lear | May 16, 2014 | Education, News, Politics / Govt
House members who oppose the transfer legislation that has been sent to Governor Jay Nixon (D) say his office has indicated to them that he will call a special session for a new bill to be created. The Chairman of the legislative black caucus, Representative Tommie...
by Mike Lear | Apr 29, 2014 | Crime / Courts, News
Representative Chris Kelly (D-Columbia), standing among fellow lawmakers and others who worked on the first rewrite of the state’s criminal code in more than 30 years, expressed his frustration Tuesday morning. “We have literally begged the State of...
by Mike Lear | Apr 24, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
The state legislature has sent to Governor Jay Nixon (D) a roughly 600-page proposal to update Missouri’s criminal code. The proposal was passed out of both chambers Thursday with wide majorities favoring it. The bill, whose development began five years ago with...
by Mike Lear | Apr 24, 2014 | News
Some of the lawmakers and others who worked on the proposed update of the criminal code sent to Governor Jay Nixon (D) Thursday have been honored in a piece of art to mark its passage out of the legislature. The poster features Senators Jolie Justus and Bob Dixon,...
