by admin | Dec 28, 2020 | Business, Education, Elections, Health / Medicine, History, Legislature, News
A veteran Missouri lawmaker who’s finishing her 16th and final year in Jefferson City is most proud of her successful team effort to prevent the Bellefontaine Habilitation Center in her district from closing. The facility is operated by the Missouri Division of...
by admin | Oct 30, 2020 | Agriculture, Elections, News
The two main gubernatorial candidates are focusing on rural Missouri again Friday, and during the final days of the campaign. Governor Mike Parson (R) brings his “Mike works bus tour” to four rural western Missouri towns: his hometown of Bolivar, as well...
by Alisa Nelson | Oct 20, 2020 | Business, Legislature, News
State Auditor Nicole Galloway made a stop in southwest Missouri’s Joplin Monday afternoon. Galloway, a Democrat who is running for governor, criticized her opponent, Republican Governor Mike Parson, about his stance on making Missouri a Right-to-work state. In 2018,...
by Mike Lear | Apr 10, 2014 | Business, Legislature, News
The sponsor of the so-called “right to work” bill in the House says he is optimistic after it received initial approval Wednesday, despite its opponents declaring victory. The policy would prevent the paying of union dues from being a requisite for...
by Mike Lear | Apr 4, 2014 | Business, News
National organizations are raising the stakes and the pressure on GOP lawmakers in Missouri to vote on a so-called “right to work” law, which would bar making union membership a requisite of a job. Unions and Democrats say “right to work”...
