by Alisa Nelson | Feb 5, 2024 | Legislature, News
The Missouri Legislature gets back to work Monday and several hot button topics are on the menu. Senate bills that could come up for debate this week include one that would expand a private schooling tax credit program statewide. The plan, sponsored by Sen. Andrew...
by Anthony Morabith | Jan 23, 2024 | Legislature, 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 16, 2024 | Crime / Courts, Legislature, News, Politics / Govt
Could victims and survivors of abuse be granted lifetime protection from their abusers? That’s what lawmakers in the Missouri Senate could consider under a bill filed by Sen. Mike Moon, R-Ash Grove. “If there is a dangerous felony conviction that presents itself and...
by Missourinet Contributor | Jan 3, 2024 | Legislature, News, Politics / Govt
The Missouri Legislature’s 2024 regular session has begun in Jefferson City. Members of the newly formed Missouri Freedom Caucus, made up of far-right conservative Republicans, wasted no time picking up where they left off last year. The group is a local Missouri...
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...