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 Mike Lear | Oct 30, 2013 | News
Flags will be flown at half-staff in Missouri on Monday in honor of the late former Congressman Ike Skelton. Skelton died Monday in a Virginia hospital. His funeral is Monday in Lexington. Governor Jay Nixon today ordered that U.S. and Missouri flags at all state...
by Mike Lear | Oct 29, 2013 | News, Politics / Govt
A longtime Congressman who represented west-central Missouri for 34 years has died. Ike Skelton served 17 terms as the representative for Missouri’s 4th Congressional District. He died Monday at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Virginia, at the age of 81....
by Mike Lear | Oct 25, 2013 | News
The report of two House Committees formed in May to investigate the handling of Missouri license applicants’ information includes accusations that the Department of Revenue violated state law by implementing practices that comply with parts of the federal Real...
by Mike Lear | Oct 24, 2013 | Crime / Courts, News
The state could be in danger of not being able to provide counsel for individuals accused of crimes in all cases; a right guaranteed to all individuals by the U.S. Constitution. Governor Jay Nixon has withheld $1.4 million from the state’s public defender...
