by Mike Lear | Mar 27, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
A state representative has filed a proposal that would revisit the 2004 decision by Missouri voters to define marriage in the state Constitution as being between a man and a woman. Representative Mike Colona (D-St. Louis) has filed HJR 85, a proposed constitutional...
by Mike Lear | Feb 25, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
The House Committee on General Laws spent an hour-and-a-half Tuesday afternoon hearing five different proposals that all take different approaches at ethics reform. Lawmakers left that hearing appearing to agree that ethics reform is needed. Governor Jay Nixon and...
by Mike Lear | Feb 7, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
Representative Mike Colona (D-St. Louis) says he doesn’t think there is any legal question about the executive order filed by the governor regarding same-sex joint state tax filings. A fellow lawmaker, Representative Nick Marshall (R-Parkville), has filed two...
by Mike Lear | Feb 5, 2014 | Legislature, News
The House Committee on General Laws has given its approval to a proposed change to Missouri’s Constitution regarding the power of a governor to restrict money in the state budget. The committee passed the proposal that would ask voters to give the legislature...
by Mike Lear | Jan 23, 2014 | Legislature, 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...
