by Mike Lear | Apr 28, 2014 | Education, News
The state House is anticipated to take up this week legislation meant to fix the state’s student transfer law. One of the biggest points of disagreement on the legislation is about a provision that would allow students in unaccredited schools in unaccredited...
by Mike Lear | Apr 28, 2014 | News
Child advocates say there are changes made in the proposed rewrite of Missouri’s criminal code that are good for children. Deputy Director of Missouri Kids First Emily van Schenkhof was involved closely in the development of the legislation. She says one of the...
by Mike Lear | Apr 24, 2014 | News
Some of the lawmakers and others who worked on the proposed update of the criminal code sent to Governor Jay Nixon (D) Thursday have been honored in a piece of art to mark its passage out of the legislature. The poster features Senators Jolie Justus and Bob Dixon,...
by Mike Lear | Apr 22, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
Governor Jay Nixon (D) will make a series of stops in the state today to discuss what he will do with a proposed income tax cut sent to him last week by the state legislature. Nixon’s office issued releases saying he will “discuss his actions on Senate...
by Mike Lear | Apr 18, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
State lawmakers who have spent years crafting an update to Missouri’s system of criminal laws and punishments hope to send Governor Jay Nixon (D) a bill next week. House and Senate versions of that rewrite were passed last week, and lawmakers in both chambers...