by Mike Lear | Feb 11, 2014 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
Missouri was one of the first states to consider installing a program to monitor prescription drug sales. Now it’s one of the last to still be considering it. Representative Kevin Engler (R-Farmington) tells his fellow legislators Missouri is the last state in...
by Mike Lear | Jan 23, 2014 | News
The state legislature again has the opportunity to put on the books a law to deal with something called “revenge porn.” That is generally defined as when someone posts intimate photos or videos of a former significant other on the internet to embarrass or...
by Mike Lear | Sep 12, 2013 | News
Legislation that would have given some sex offenders an opportunity to get off the state’s registry has died in the House without an attempt to override its veto. The sex offender registry language was attached to a bill sponsored by Representative Kevin Engler...
by Mike Lear | May 3, 2013 | Business, News
The state House has passed its version of workers compensation reform and a Second Injury Fund fix, setting the stage for a conference with the Senate. Both versions of the bill would have claims made by workers who incurred a disease because of their job fall under...
by Mike Lear | Mar 27, 2013 | News
The House is poised to send the Senate a $25 billion budget that does not include Medicaid expansion. House Democrats offered several amendments that would have plugged the Governor’s proposal to expand Medicaid in Missouri back into the new state spending plan...
