by Mike Lear | Mar 8, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
A House Committee will hold a hearing on a bill that would legalize possession of up to a pound of marijuana and set up a system for licensing growers and retailers and taxing the sale of pot. Representative Chris Kelly (D-Columbia) took the language from one of...
by Mike Lear | Mar 3, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
Fifteen of Missouri’s domestic violence shelters that had learned they were turned down for a grant that typically provided each of them between $20-thousand and $50-thousand will be getting funding from a different source. Those grants in past years went to pay...
by Mike Lear | Feb 25, 2014 | News
The state House has given initial approval to legislation aimed at requiring voters in Missouri to have photo identification at the polls on election day. One piece is a proposed change to the state Constitution that would allow the other piece, the voter photo ID...
by Mike Lear | Feb 20, 2014 | Education, News
Governor Jay Nixon (D) has issued a letter to members of the House Budget Committee regarding its vote to take $44.1-million in general revenue for K-12 funding out of the Fiscal Year 2014 supplemental budget. Nixon says the budget for the current fiscal year...
by Mike Lear | Feb 11, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
It began with Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder (R) participating in a media conference Tuesday afternoon supporting legislative efforts to give the state more control of the federal Ozark National Scenic Riverways in Missouri. Kinder and others argue the federal park...
