by Mike Lear | Mar 25, 2014 | Legislature, News
Hours before the scheduled execution of convicted inmate Jeffrey Ferguson, the state House has rejected an attempt to change how the Department of Corrections pays for executions. Department Director George Lombardi testfied to a House Committee in February that all...
by Mike Lear | Mar 13, 2014 | Legislature, News
The House Budget Committee has twice voted down expansion of Medicaid. The Committee voted to send to the full House its proposal for the budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. Representative Jill Schupp (D-Creve Coeur) offered a set of amendments to accept...
by Mike Lear | Feb 5, 2014 | Legislature, News
The House Committee on General Laws has given its approval to a proposed change to Missouri’s Constitution regarding the power of a governor to restrict money in the state budget. The committee passed the proposal that would ask voters to give the legislature...
by Mike Lear | Apr 12, 2013 | Legislature, News
The state House has approved a bill to let state employees keep guns concealed and locked in their vehicles while parked on state property. The bill was opposed on the floor by Representative Jeremy LaFaver (D-Kansas City), who expressed concern about state employees...
