by Anthony Morabith | Jan 29, 2024 | Health / Medicine, News
Twenty-six Missourians appointed by the governor to serve on a state board or commission are awaiting state Senate confirmation. Those appointments include Robert Knodell, the acting director of the Missouri Department of Social Services, and Paula Nickelson, the...
by Anthony Morabith | Jan 26, 2024 | News, Sports Features
State Rep. Dan Houx, R-Warrensburg, is not giving up. He is again sponsoring a bill that would legalize sports betting. The measure has repeatedly been blocked in the Senate by fellow Warrensburg Republican Denny Hoskins. Houx told a Missouri House committee that...
by Anthony Morabith | Jan 24, 2024 | News
The 2024 State of the State address will be delivered at 3 p.m. by Gov. Mike Parson. Missouri Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden, R-Columbia, lays out his expectations for what he hopes the governor covers. “I assume he’s going to hit on a bunch of the...
by Anthony Morabith | Jan 23, 2024 | News, Politics / Govt
Missouri Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden, R-Columbia, has had enough. He has stripped the committee assignments and chairmanships of some Missouri Freedom Caucus members – Senators Denny Hoskins, Andrew Koenig, Rick Brattin, and Bill Eigel. Rowden said the...
by Anthony Morabith | Jan 17, 2024 | Crime / Courts, News
Missouri Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden, R-Columbia, wants to add ‘private residences’ to places that a person could be charged for making terroristic threats. The recent swatting situation on January 7 involving the home of Missouri Secretary of State Jay...