by Mike Lear | Apr 25, 2014 | Health / Medicine, News
Missourians who suffer from treatment resistant epilepsy could be allowed to take an extract from cannabis under a law the House passed Thursday. The bill would allow use of a hemp extract for treatment of epilepsy that a neurologist has determined is...
by Mike Lear | Mar 11, 2014 | Legislature, News
A bill that would require parental consent for the use of a tanning bed by anyone under 17 has caused House Republicans’ tempers to flare at one another. The legislation, HB 1411, would require a parent to annually give consent for a child under 17 to use...
by Mike Lear | Feb 26, 2014 | Legislature, News
The state House has given initial approval to a bill that would cap the amount that could be awarded to plaintiffs for non-economic damages in medical malpractice lawsuits. The bill sponsored by Representative Eric Burlison (R-Springfield) would limit such damages to...
by Mike Lear | Feb 18, 2014 | Education, Legislature, News
A proposal that would make it a crime to cause a school to go on lockdown stems from an incident January 16, when a reporter for St. Louis TV Station KSDK triggered a lockdown at Kirkwood High School. Kirkwood School District and City officials have testified in favor...
by Mike Lear | Mar 7, 2013 | Legislature, News
A House Committee has heard arguments for and against a bill that would make it a crime to perform an abortion for a woman who wants it because of her unborn child’s sex or a genetic abnormality. The legislation is sponsored by Representative John McCaherty...
