by Mike Lear | Apr 3, 2013 | Education, News
The State House has given initial approval to a bill to let the state’s schools hire school law enforcement officers. The proposal’s sponsor, Representative Sheila Solon (R-Blue Springs), says it is a response to the school shooting that left 20 students...
by Mike Lear | Feb 14, 2013 | News
The state House is one vote away from sending the Senate a voter photo ID bill and the change in the state constitution that would allow it to become law. House lawmakers’ emotions ran the gamut during hours of debate on Wednesday. Democrats say passing the...
by Mike Lear | Feb 7, 2013 | Education, News
A proposal to grade each of the state’s schools has been heard in a House Committee. House Bill 388 is proposed by Representative Kathryn Swan (R-Cape Girardeau). It would have the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education create an annual report card...
by Mike Lear | Jan 31, 2013 | News
The Superintendent of the state Highway Patrol has faced questions from the House Budget Committee about his agency’s purchase of a new plane. Colonel Ron Replogle tells the Committee the idea to purchase the new $5.6 million dollar plane was his and his...
by Mike Lear | Jan 23, 2013 | Health / Medicine
A hearing in the House Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities on a proposal to extend so-called “benevolent” tax credits turned into a discussion about abortion and birth control on Tuesday. The hearing was on a bill that would...
