by Mike Lear | Mar 11, 2014 | Legislature, News
The sponsor of a bill that would legalize the possession and growing of limited amounts of marijuana says it would end what he considers “inefficient and ineffective policing” that detracts from “rational law enforcement. Representative Chris Kelly...
by Mike Lear | Mar 8, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
A House Committee will hold a hearing on a bill that would legalize possession of up to a pound of marijuana and set up a system for licensing growers and retailers and taxing the sale of pot. Representative Chris Kelly (D-Columbia)Â took the language from one of...
by Mike Lear | Feb 14, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
Reporter Mike Lear interviews Representative Stanley Cox (R-Sedalia) about the status of the House’s work to rewrite the state’s criminal code, with particular focus on what it might mean for various drug offense penalties and whether he thinks it is the...
