by Mike Lear | May 13, 2014 | Education, News
Governor Jay Nixon (D) has called on House and Senate lawmakers who have worked on a proposed fix to Missouri’s transfer law to remove language that would let local tax dollars pay for students to transfer to private schools. The legislative conference committee...
by Mike Lear | May 13, 2014 | Education, News
A House and Senate conference committee has finished its work hammering out a proposed fix to the student transfer law that threatens to bankrupt some Missouri schools. The proposal would let students in failing schools in unaccredited districts first transfer to...
by Mike Lear | May 13, 2014 | News
The Missouri legislature has proposed a ban on the sale of electronic cigarettes to people under 18. The proposal is aimed at preventing young people from being exposed to nicotine. Some lawmakers opposed the proposal saying it doesn’t go far enough....
by Mike Lear | May 13, 2014 | Health / Medicine, News
The Missouri General Assembly has approved requiring parental consent for anyone under the age of 17 to use tanning beds. The proposal would penalize businesses that let customers under 17 use tanning beds without annual, written parental or guardian consent. It...
by Mike Lear | May 9, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
The Missouri House Democrats’ leader says they’re angry about the veto override on a tax cut bill, so much so that they won’t vote for a proposed sales tax hike to support transportation if the Republican House Majority doesn’t bring Medicaid...