by Mike Lear | Apr 8, 2014 | Education, Legislature, News
The state House has turned a bill that would have completely scrapped in Missouri the Common Core education standard into one that will give it a chance, while developing its potential successor. The original bill filed by Representative Kurt Bahr (R-St. Charles)...
by Mike Lear | Mar 26, 2014 | News
The state House has given initial approval to legislation meant to lift restrictions on breastfeeding and give breastfeeding mothers the ability to opt out of jury duty. The original bill was offered by Representative Rory Ellinger (D-University City), who is battling...
by Mike Lear | Feb 20, 2014 | Education, Legislature, News
A day after one House Committee proposed budgeting for tin foil hats to make a statement about opposition to Common Core Standards for public education, another House Committee will hear a proposal to bar the implementation of those standards in Missouri. The House...
by Mike Lear | Nov 7, 2012 | Legislature, News
The Missouri House of Representatives will continue to have a Republican majority following yesterday’s election. The chamber will have the greatest number of Republicans ever, at 110. Now, the House GOP caucus must meet to sort out who will be its leadership....
by Mike Lear | Apr 17, 2012 | Health / Medicine, Legislature, News, Politics / Govt
The House has given first round approval to a proposal that would bar enforcement of the federal Affordable Care Act, and makes it a crime to try to enact any portion of it in Missouri. House Democrats found a number of reasons to oppose the bill. Its sponsor,...
