by Alisa Nelson | May 16, 2019 | Crime / Courts, Health / Medicine, News
After about 15 hours of stalling and negotiating, the Missouri Senate has passed a bill that would ban abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy. During the wee hours this morning, the chamber endorsed the measure along party lines that includes exceptions for medical...
by Alisa Nelson | Jun 21, 2017 | News
The Missouri Legislature’s special session underway that aims to strengthen abortion clinic regulations has been a tough fight for pro-choice advocates. NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri is against the proposed changes to the state’s abortion laws. Despite the organization’s...
by Mike Lear | May 6, 2014 | News
The state House on Tuesday completed its vote to overturn Governor Jay Nixon’s (D) veto of a tax cut proposal, SB 509, that Nixon says would jeopardize funding for state programs including education, and could even prove to eliminate $4.8-billion in revenue....
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...