by Mike Lear | Mar 3, 2014 | News
Missouri budget planners learned in September the state had lost $70-million in tobacco settlement money due to a court ruling regarding enforcement of tobacco laws in 2003. House Budget Committee Chairman Rick Stream (R-Kirkwood) says more losses could be coming...
by Mike Lear | Feb 27, 2014 | News
The state House has passed legislation aimed at requiring voters in Missouri to have photo identification to vote. With party-line votes the House approved a proposed change to Missouri’s Constitution (HJR 47) necessary to allow the photo ID bill to become law,...
by Mike Lear | Feb 26, 2014 | News
The state House has given initial approval to a bill that would cap the amount that could be awarded to plaintiffs for non-economic damages in medical malpractice lawsuits. The bill sponsored by Representative Eric Burlison (R-Springfield) would limit such damages to...
by Mike Lear | Feb 26, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
Hours after Missouri has carried out its fourth execution in as many months a House committee will hold a hearing on a bill that would have the Department of Corrections bringing its proposed execution protocol to a legislative committee for review. Springfield...
by Mike Lear | Feb 25, 2014 | News
The state House has given initial approval to legislation aimed at requiring voters in Missouri to have photo identification at the polls on election day. One piece is a proposed change to the state Constitution that would allow the other piece, the voter photo ID...
