by Mike Lear | Apr 9, 2014 | Legislature, News, Politics / Govt
University City representative Rory Ellinger has died early Wednesday morning. House Minority Leader Jake Hummel (D-St. Louis) made the announcement to the House Wednesday morning, which then held a moment of silence for Ellinger, who had recently been diagnosed with...
by Mike Lear | Apr 1, 2014 | Health / Medicine, News
House and Senate leadership have moved quickly to send legislation to Governor Jay Nixon (D) regarding mothers nursing children, in part to honor a House colleague battling liver cancer. Representative Rory Ellinger’s (D-University City) bill completed a...
by Mike Lear | Mar 26, 2014 | News
The state House has given initial approval to legislation meant to lift restrictions on breastfeeding and give breastfeeding mothers the ability to opt out of jury duty. The original bill was offered by Representative Rory Ellinger (D-University City), who is battling...
by Mike Lear | Jan 28, 2014 | Crime / Courts, Health / Medicine, Legislature, News
After a Lee’s Summit woman was faced with a $500 fine for contempt of court for bringing her breastfeeding infant to jury duty, some called for a change in Missouri law to exempt breastfeeding women from jury duty.  The judge in that case has delayed fining her...
by Mike Lear | Feb 15, 2013 | Crime / Courts, News
Four urban Democrats in the House are backing a bill that would force Missourians to give up certain firearms. The proposal sponsored by Representative Rory Ellinger (D-University City) would set into Missouri law a definition of  “assault weapons,”...
