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Committee considers changes to sex offender registry
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Missouri House committee is considering legislation that would greatly reduce the number of persons on the state’s sex offender registry and restrict public information about those that remain. The legislation, filed by Rep. Rodney Schad, R-Versailles, comes after hearings during the fall in several locations around Missouri, during which the [...]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Members of the University of Missouri student government spent Tuesday roaming State Capitol hallways distributing more than 6,000 protest letters from students on the Columbia campus. The letters implored Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and members of the General Assembly not to cut as much as 12.5 percent from the state higher [...]
Continue reading …Missouri House Speaker refuses to raise taxes to fix veterans’ homes funding crisis
February 13, 2012 No CommentJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Saying that taking care of Missouri veterans is his top priority, Speaker of the House Steve Tilley said he has entered into talks with Gov. Jay Nixon on ways to increase funding for veterans. “There’s nothing more important than taking care of our veterans and our veterans’ homes,” Tilley told reporters [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Missouri House committee looking into the collapse of a state-facilitated business deal in Moberly, Mo. is looking at legislation designed to ensure more through vetting of companies moving into the state. The House Special Standing Committee on Government Oversight and Accountability is drafting a report on its findings in an [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Thursday was “Ground Hog’s Day” a week late in the Missouri House. “Ground Hog’s Day,” as in the movie starring Bill Murray. As in we had been here before. The legislation was familiar, so was the rhetoric, so were the outcomes, and so will be the end games. The bills on [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — With little debate, the Missouri House has sent to the Senate legislation giving tax breaks to companies that set up data centers and server farms in Missouri. The legislation had been a part of the failed Aerotropolis bill last year. The high tech storage and support businesses are cropping up at [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri homeowners who did business with any of the nation’s five biggest mortgage banks could be in line for some relief under Missouri’s share of a national settlement against the companies. Attorney General Chris Koster Thursday announced that Missouri’s share in a nationwide settlement against the mortgage giants at $196 million. [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri House Thursday approved two pieces of polarizing legislation that may pass the General Assembly, but will almost certainly face a gubernatorial veto. Bills that rollback Missouri’s workplace discrimination standards and require voters to show photo I.D. at the polls are both headed to the state Senate despite outcry from [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri House of Representatives Wednesday gave preliminary approval to a piece of last summer’s failed economic development bill. On a voice vote, the House adopted a bill that would grant state and local tax exemptions on items related to data storage centers and server farm facilities. The tax breaks would apply [...]
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