Senate leader pushes ethics, jobs, balanced budget

 State senators have started their legislative session with a pep talk from their leader, Charlie Shields of St. Joseph, who say this is the session for tight budgeting, full funding for elementary and secondary education and an overhaul of the state government ethics...

Governor Nixon proposes ethics reform legislation

A week before the start of the 2010 session of the General Assembly Governor Jay Nixon has outlined a set ethics reform proposals designed to, in the words of the Governor, “strengthen the credibility of Missouri’s elected officials and the confidence of...

Ethics rising as an issue for upcoming session

House leadership has now jumped on the ethics bandwagon. The number three person in the House has proposed new rules for lawmaker conduct saying he wants to bring about structural change to the legislature. House Majority Floor Leader Steven Tilley, a Perryville...

State digitizing medical records

 Missouri has launched an effort to implement electronic health records … a move the Department of Social Services will make the medical industry more efficient for consumers and physicans. Missouri is asking the federal government for more than $13 million to...