by Mike Lear | Apr 2, 2014 | Education, News
The House has given broad bipartisan first-round approval to a bill that, its sponsor says, is necessary to make clear for school districts what the law in Missouri says about students’ religious liberties. The bill (HB 1303) is offered by Representative Elijah...
by Mike Lear | Apr 1, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
The Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee says he will give a hearing to the three filings of impeachment articles against Governor Jay Nixon (D) if their sponsors want one. The filings were assigned to that committee last week; the first movement for each since...
by Mike Lear | Mar 31, 2014 | News
Lawmakers that have been working on the rewrite of Missouri’s criminal code for years say this is still the year to get it passed, despite the reservations expressed by Governor Jay Nixon (D) about its size. Nixon has suggested that the rewrite – currently...
by Mike Lear | Mar 28, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
The House has a $26.6-billion spending plan for the coming fiscal year, and now that plan is in the hands of the Senate. Because legislative budget crafters and the Governor’s office couldn’t agree on an estimate of how much state revenue will roll in, in...
by Mike Lear | Mar 27, 2014 | News
The state House has approved a $26.6-billion budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. The House’s proposal now goes to the Senate. Because legislative budget makers disagreed with Governor Jay Nixon (D) on an estimate of how much revenue Missouri will...
