by Alisa Nelson | May 12, 2021 | Agriculture, Business, Legislature, News, Transportation
The Missouri Legislature has passed a proposal that would boost the state’s gas and diesel tax for the first time in about 25 years. The state House of Representatives voted Tuesday night 104-52 in favor of increasing the user fee by 12.5 total cents over five years....
by Alisa Nelson | Jul 30, 2020 | Crime / Courts, Legislature, News
Eight protesters have been arrested during a demonstration today in Jefferson City. They marched from the Missouri Capitol to the Governor’s Mansion and along a main street in the city’s downtown to rally against a crime bill at the center of the state Legislature’s...
by Alisa Nelson | Feb 28, 2020 | Business, Education, Legislature, News
In 2018, Missouri voters gave their blessing to incrementally raising the minimum wage to $12 an hour by 2023. The state House has passed a bill that would exempt private and religious school workers from the state’s minimum wage law. The proposal would open the door...
by Alisa Nelson | Feb 4, 2020 | Health / Medicine, Legislature, News, Outdoors
A new bipartisan caucus has been rolled out to track information and cleanup efforts about places in Missouri with nuclear waste. For years, many St. Louis County residents near Coldwater Creek have reported a number of health problems, including cancer, autoimmune...