by Mike Lear | May 22, 2013 | Health / Medicine, News
Legislation meant to help the families of children with autism and other disorders has reached the Governor’s desk, in the eighth year it has been offered. Representative Dwight Scharnhorst (R-St. Louis) named Bryce’s Law for his grandson, who died in 2007...
by Mike Lear | May 20, 2013 | News
The legislature and the Governor blame one another for a situation that left the state budget in need of additional legislative action to balance it. On Friday the legislature passed two bills meant to be the final step. Each of those bills includes a provision to...
by Mike Lear | May 15, 2013 | News
Governor Jay Nixon has harshly criticized legislative budget makers for proposing the construction of a new state office building. Now those lawmakers are saying the Governor has changed his position on that plan. House Bill 19, a supplemental spending bill for...
by Mike Lear | May 14, 2013 | News
Governor Jay Nixon has vetoed legislation that would have repealed a tax credit for low-income seniors who rent their homes. The legislation was built into the budget proposal the legislature sent to the Governor last week. House and Senate budget leaders say the...
by Mike Lear | May 14, 2013 | Health / Medicine, News
The state legislature has approved a bill that would bar the use of telemedicine to administer abortion-inducing drugs. The bill (HB 400)Â would require that when a woman is using RU-486 or another abortion-inducing drug she must be in the presence of her doctor,...
