House approves asking voters to approve right to raise children

The House has approved a measure that would ask voters whether the right of parents to raise children should be laid out in the state Constitution. The proposal is sponsored by Representative Todd Richardson (R-Poplar Bluff). He says it is based on principles already...

House Committee digs into welfare contract

A state representative says he’s completely dissatisfied with a contract between the Department of Social Services and a Boston-based firm that he says would trap some Missourians permanently in a life of poverty. The House Committee on Government Oversight and...