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Missouri House Bills Seek Return to Textbooks, Handwriting, and Less Digital Time for K–5

Missouri House Bills Seek Return to Textbooks, Handwriting, and Less Digital Time for K–5

by Mathew Pilger | Feb 6, 2026 | Crime / Courts, Education, News

A bipartisan effort is underway in Jefferson City to scale back the amount of screen time Missouri students have. Rep. Tricia Byrnes, R‑Wentzville, and Rep. Marlene Terry, D‑St. Louis, have each filed legislation. Byrnes’ plan limits K-5 students to 45 minutes of...
Missouri Lawmaker Says Prisons Shouldn’t Be Default Mental Health Providers

Missouri Lawmaker Says Prisons Shouldn’t Be Default Mental Health Providers

by Mathew Pilger | Jan 19, 2026 | Crime / Courts, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt

Missouri lawmakers are looking at a mental health bill called the Care Before Predictable Harm Act. It’s sponsored by State Rep. Tricia Byrnes, R-Wentzville. The measure would let families and professionals seek treatment sooner—before someone becomes an imminent...
Missouri lawmaker says help is now available for St. Louis-area victims of radioactive contamination (LISTEN)

Missouri lawmaker says help is now available for St. Louis-area victims of radioactive contamination (LISTEN)

by [email protected] | Sep 4, 2025 | News, Show Me Today

Several hundred people crowded into a recent town hall meeting to hear about the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, which was revived and expanded to Missouri for the first time. Marshall Griffin talked with State Representative Tricia Byrnes of Wentzville, who...
The cost of St. Louis’s involvement in building the first atomic bombs (LISTEN)

The cost of St. Louis’s involvement in building the first atomic bombs (LISTEN)

by [email protected] | Mar 14, 2023 | News, Show Me Today

The rust belt! Or, in more layman’s terms, the industrial back of the United States. It is right in our backyard in places like St. Louis and Kansas City. Places and industries that, at one time, grouped to help the United States win World War II. In the name of...

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