by Mike Lear | Mar 4, 2013 | Education, News
The House has approved a bill to exempt most school districts in the state from prevailing wage law. Backers of the bill say many schools, particularly in rural parts of the state, have to put off construction and maintenance projects or leave them undone because they...
by Mike Lear | Mar 1, 2013 | Business, Crime / Courts, News
The state House has passed a bill that would change the standard for proving workplace discrimination in Missouri. HB 320 would bring Missouri more in line with the federal standard. It would require a worker filing a discrimination suit against an employer to prove...
by Mike Lear | Feb 20, 2013 | News
The House Committee on General Laws has held hearings on two bills whose sponsors say they are needed to protect the gun rights of Missourians. Representative Casey Guernsey (R-Bethany) has offered HB 170 that would make it a class “D” felony to enforce or...
by Mike Lear | May 17, 2012 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
A House-Senate Committee could be next to consider a package containing a number of measures related to religious objections to abortions and birth control. The measure contains several proposals that have been heard earlier in the session. One would prevent employers...
by Mike Lear | Apr 4, 2012 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
The state House has narrowly given initial approval to a bill to raise the burden of proof in civil suits that result from a suicide in a detention center. The bill is sponsored by Representative Mike Kelley (R-Lamar), who says right now when an offender commits...
