by admin | Apr 24, 2014 | News
The state House and Senate voted Thursday to send a proposed revision of Missouri’s criminal code, SB 491, to Governor Jay Nixon (D). See an earlier story on this version of the criminal code legislation ...
by admin | Apr 18, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
State lawmakers who have spent years crafting an update to Missouri’s system of criminal laws and punishments hope to send Governor Jay Nixon (D) a bill next week. House and Senate versions of that rewrite were passed last week, and lawmakers in both chambers...
by admin | Apr 14, 2014 | Crime / Courts, News
Whose version of criminal code legislation will advance could depend on how each might impact federal transportation money. House and Senate lawmakers who have spent years working on an update of Missouri’s system of criminal laws and punishments must now decide...
by admin | Apr 1, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
The Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee says he will give a hearing to the three filings of impeachment articles against Governor Jay Nixon (D) if their sponsors want one. The filings were assigned to that committee last week; the first movement for each since...
by admin | Mar 31, 2014 | News
Lawmakers that have been working on the rewrite of Missouri’s criminal code for years say this is still the year to get it passed, despite the reservations expressed by Governor Jay Nixon (D) about its size. Nixon has suggested that the rewrite – currently...