by Mike Lear | Mar 5, 2014 | Health / Medicine, News
The state House has passed legislation to reinstate caps on the amount that could be awarded to plaintiffs for non-economic damages in medical malpractice lawsuits. The bill would limit those damages to $350,000. Proponents say the legislation would keep medical...
by Mike Lear | Feb 27, 2014 | News
The state House has passed legislation aimed at requiring voters in Missouri to have photo identification to vote. With party-line votes the House approved a proposed change to Missouri’s Constitution (HJR 47) necessary to allow the photo ID bill to become law,...
by Mike Lear | Feb 25, 2014 | News
The state House has given initial approval to legislation aimed at requiring voters in Missouri to have photo identification at the polls on election day. One piece is a proposed change to the state Constitution that would allow the other piece, the voter photo ID...
by Mike Lear | Feb 18, 2014 | Crime / Courts, News
A bill has been heard in a House committee that aims to solve a problem with the sentencing of juveniles found guilty of first-degree murder in Missouri. A 2005 Missouri Supreme Court ruling eliminated the sentence of death for juveniles. Then in 2012 the U.S. Supreme...
by Mike Lear | Feb 14, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
Reporter Mike Lear interviews Representative Stanley Cox (R-Sedalia) about the status of the House’s work to rewrite the state’s criminal code, with particular focus on what it might mean for various drug offense penalties and whether he thinks it is the...
