by Mike Lear | Feb 5, 2014 | News
Three bills will be heard in two legislative committees today that aim to end the so-called “border war” between Missouri and Kansas over jobs. All three bills would bar the issuance of certain business incentive programs to businesses that move from...
by Mike Lear | Jan 29, 2014 | News
Missouri’s House Speaker has again filed legislation aimed at protecting the conscience rights of medial workers. Tim Jones (R-Eureka) says this year’s version of his conscience rights for medical workers bill is more focused and accounts for some of the...
by Mike Lear | Jan 21, 2014 | News
House Republicans estimate the Governor proposes spending 310-million dollars more than state revenue is projected to grow in the next fiscal year by legislative budget makers. House Speaker Tim Jones (R-Eureka) says combined with Governor Jay Nixon’s proposed...
by Mike Lear | Jan 21, 2014 | News
Governor Nixon in his State of the State Address has called for the legislature to pass the Missouri Nondiscrimination Act, which aims to bar discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. House Republicans haven’t hammered down a position on...
by Mike Lear | Jan 21, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
There will be no revelations in a legislative committee hearing today about how Missouri carries out executions. Representative Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson City) says the Department of Corrections’ Director George Lombardi is not going to testify before the House...