by Mike Lear | Apr 15, 2013 | Health / Medicine, News
The state House has approved a bill to require anyone under 17 to have written parental permission to use a tanning bed. HB 47 would require a parent to go to a facility with a tanning bed annually and sign a form saying he or she understands that tanning beds pose a...
by Mike Lear | Feb 22, 2013 | Business, News
A House Committee will vote next week on legislation to offer tax credits to people who invest in startup companies. Some of these so-called “angel investors” have taken their message to that committee. One of them, Jake Holloway, acknowledged that banks...
by Mike Lear | Feb 13, 2013 | News
Debate in the House over legislation to extend exemptions to the state’s open records law on Tuesday turned into a discussion of the recent purchase of a new plane by the Highway Patrol, and the use of the patrol’s air fleet. The proposal, HBs 256, 33 and...
by Mike Lear | Apr 26, 2012 | Business, News, Politics / Govt
Two pieces of legislation have advanced in the House that stem from what has been learned about the failure of the Mamtek sugar refinery project in Moberly. Both were offered by the representative who chaired the committee that studied that deal, Jay Barnes...
