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 | Jun 17, 2013 | Education, News
Legislative attempts to set in state statute how school districts should define and deal with bullying have come and gone for another session without a bill being passed. The key dividing issue remains whether to allow schools to enumerate, or to list groups of...
by Mike Lear | Jun 3, 2013 | News
Governor Jay Nixon has vetoed legislation that would have barred the use of foreign laws, including Islamic Sharia law, in Missouri courts. Nixon says barring the consideration of foreign laws in Missouri could have interfered with the adoption by Missouri parents of...
by Mike Lear | May 16, 2013 | News
The state legislature wants the state Highway Patrol to have to get its blessing before it makes any more big vehicle purchases. The Patrol has a fund controlled by its superintendent that it can use to purchase cars, boats and planes. It used that fund in December to...
by Mike Lear | Apr 10, 2013 | News
The House has sent the Senate legislation to have school districts add discrimination to anti-bullying policies. The proposal sponsored by Representative Sue Allen (R-Town and Country) says those policies should bar bullying on school grounds, at school events and on...
