by Anthony Morabith | Jan 16, 2024 | Crime / Courts, 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 | 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...
by Anthony Morabith | Nov 13, 2023 | News, Politics / Govt
According to Pew Research Center, the outlook on national politics is overwhelmingly negative. Peverill Squire, a University of Missouri political science professor, told Missourinet that this is arguably the most divisive time in our nation’s history. “I don’t...
by Alisa Nelson | Mar 21, 2023 | Health / Medicine, News
Missouri doctors and doctors-in-training can legally exam patients under anesthesia or who are unconscious without the patient knowing it. The Missouri Senate Health and Welfare Committee has voted in favor of state Sen. Lauren Arthur’s bill that would ban prostate,...