by Mike Lear | Jan 17, 2013 | Education, News
Two legislative committees have revisited a model of what could go into a higher education funding formula that would include performance-based funding. A presentation that was first offered to the Joint Committee on Education last month was given to the House Budget...
by Mike Lear | Dec 7, 2012 | Education, News
The Missouri General Assembly will again consider legislation to require the state’s schools to add discrimination to their bullying policies. A disagreement remains over one detail: whether to require policies to be enumerated, or to list factors for...
by Mike Lear | Sep 12, 2012 | News
House Republicans could attempt overrides of several vetoes by Governor Jay Nixon, but two issues are expected to be at the forefront of today’s veto session. Republicans will have to start in the Senate to attempt an overturn of Senate Bill 749, to allow...
by Mike Lear | Apr 17, 2012 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
The House has given first round approval to a proposal that would bar enforcement of the federal Affordable Care Act, and makes it a crime to try to enact any portion of it in Missouri. House Democrats found a number of reasons to oppose the bill. Its sponsor,...
