by Marshall Griffin | Nov 29, 2023 | News
The main backer of sports betting in Missouri will try again next year. State Rep. Dan Houx, R-Warrensburg, represents portions of Johnson County in in the Missouri House. This would be the third year in a row he’s sponsored a bill to legalize sports betting, which...
by Missourinet Contributor | Feb 16, 2022 | Elections, Legislature, News, Politics / Govt
A Republican Congressman hopes his fellow Republicans in the Missouri Senate drop their opposition to a redistricting map and let proposed new lines for Congressional districts pass. Congressman Sam Graves, who represents northern Missouri, says the Conservative...
by Alisa Nelson | Dec 2, 2021 | Business, Crime / Courts, Legislature, News, Show Me Today
Look out porch pirates. State Representative Adam Schwadron, R-St. Charles, is proposing to get a law on the books that is designed to battle mail theft. He says package thefts in America amount to about $5.4 billion annually. “The last information I have from pretty...
by Alisa Nelson | Sep 27, 2021 | Crime / Courts, Health / Medicine, Legislature, News, Show Me Today
Missouri will no longer be the only state in the nation without a prescription drug monitoring program. A new state law has begun that will allow the creation of the database – for doctors to check for cases of suspected drug misuse. Through a compromise, a private...
by Alisa Nelson | Jul 1, 2021 | Health / Medicine, Legislature, News
Missouri becomes the third state in the nation to allow HIV post-exposure drugs to be dispensed without a prescription. Gov. Mike Parson has signed a bill into law allowing Missouri pharmacists to dispense the medication without a doctor’s prescription. If a person is...
