by Mike Lear | May 20, 2014 | Health / Medicine, News
The state legislature has approved bills meant to protect staff at the state’s maximum security mental hospital and staff and patients at its treatment facilities for violent sexual offenders. One proposal, HB 1779, will allow advance practice registered nurses...
by Mike Lear | May 7, 2014 | News
The state legislature is asking Missouri voters whether the Constitution should be changed to provide a stronger right to bear arms. The legislature has sent to the November ballot a proposal to define the right to bear arms in Missouri as “unalienable”...
by Mike Lear | Mar 26, 2014 | News
The state House has endorsed a bill meant to keep the federal government from enforcing updated regulations on wood burning stoves and furnaces. The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed standards for makers of wood stoves aiming to reduce emissions by about 80...
by [email protected] | May 15, 2013 | News
Missourians will have a chance to decide if farmers should have a constitutional right to do what they’re doing. The legislature has sent them the so-called “Right to Farm” amendment. The movement to create the amendment was triggered by the...
by Mike Lear | May 7, 2013 | News
House and Senate lawmakers have met to debate what language should go in Missouri’s Constitution to guarantee a right to farm, but some say the issue is not likely to pass this session. The Senate version of the proposal includes language to protect the power of...
