by Mike Lear | May 23, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
Governor Jay Nixon (D) has set August 5 as the date for several proposed changes to Missouri’s Constitution, including the three-fourths of one cent sales tax to support transportation that was adopted by the legislature this year. Three other proposed...
by Mike Lear | May 7, 2014 | News
The state legislature is asking Missouri voters whether the Constitution should be changed to provide a stronger right to bear arms. The legislature has sent to the November ballot a proposal to define the right to bear arms in Missouri as “unalienable”...
by Jessica Machetta | Dec 16, 2013 | Crime / Courts
It’s been one year since the mass shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut killed 20 children and six educators. The mother of a little boy who was killed that day is asking parents in Missouri to work together to prevent gun violence. Nicole Hockley...
by Mike Lear | Nov 1, 2013 | News
The legislature failed to override Governor Jay Nixon’s veto of a controversial gun bill. Now Senate Republican leaders who helped uphold that veto have made good on a promise to offer an alternative. Senate Majority Floor Leader Ron Richard (R-Joplin) has...
by Jessica Machetta | Sep 4, 2013 | News, Politics / Govt
Democrats from the House of Representatives point out that the National Rifle Association has not weighed in on a bill that would prevent the federal government from enforcing certain restrictions on firearms in Missouri. “While privately telling many Missouri...
