by admin | Jul 19, 2013 | News
A House Committee that looks for ways to cut red tape and eliminate redundancies or unnecessary elements in government has wrapped up nine hearings in three days, throughout Missouri. Representative Paul Curtman (R-Union) is the Chairman of the Committee on Downsizing...
by admin | Jun 3, 2013 | News
Governor Jay Nixon has vetoed legislation that would have barred the use of foreign laws, including Islamic Sharia law, in Missouri courts. Nixon says barring the consideration of foreign laws in Missouri could have interfered with the adoption by Missouri parents of...
by admin | Apr 18, 2013 | News
On the same day the U.S. Senate rejected an expansion of background checks for gun purchases, the Missouri House of Representatives has advanced two gun rights bills. A bill (HB 170) sponsored by Rep. Casey Guernsey (R-Bethany) would make laws passed after Jan. 1,...
by admin | Mar 7, 2013 | News
See an update on this story from 6:30pm 03/07/2013 A state lawmaker says an anonymous source has told him that a Department of Revenue license office in his district has scanned personal information from applicants for concealed carry permits and sent it to the...
by admin | Mar 7, 2013 | News
See our update on this story, filed at 1:50pm 03/07/2013. Two House lawmakers say the state Revenue Department is sending personal information from applicants for concealed carry permits to the Department of Homeland Security. In an e-mail this morning,...