by Mike Lear | Jan 17, 2014 | Crime / Courts, News
Legislation has been introduced that would add the use of a firing squad to the methods of execution the state could use in carrying out the death penalty. The bill offered by Representative Rick Brattin (R-Harrisonville) would have the director of the department of...
by Mike Lear | Apr 27, 2013 | News
A House bill including more than 20 provisions related to public safety includes a proposal to make it illegal for union dues payment to be a condition of employment for law enforcement in the state. Called “right to work for cops” on the floor by an...
by Mike Lear | Apr 24, 2013 | News
The state House wants to pull the concealed carry permitting system from the Revenue Department and put it in the hands of county sheriffs. It has given initial approval to a bill that changes conceal & carry endorsements that now go on driver’s and...
by Mike Lear | 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 Mike Lear | Apr 3, 2012 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
Discussion of a House proposal to restrict the use of tanning beds by minors has turned into an impassioned floor debate between Republicans over whether the idea protects children, or is meddling by the government. Lee’s Summit Republican Gary Cross’s...
