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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Senate has given first round approval and is expected to pass later this week a bill changing the rules for the state’s worker’s compensation program. Senate Bill 572, perfected in a split voice vote on Wednesday, would protect coworkers from lawsuits related to on-the-job injuries and firmly place occupational [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Like millions of young lovers on Valentine’s Day, the issue of contraception wasn’t far from the minds of Missouri state senators on Tuesday. In response to a controversial federal rule that would require all employers to provide free birth control to employees, a state Senate committee on insurance has approved a [...]
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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. — 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. [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Although it may not be obvious, the arts are playing a major roll in Joplin’s recovery from a devastating tornado last year. On Wednesday, the Missouri Arts Council named Joplin its Creative Community of the year for 2012, citing a thriving arts community that has helped raise funds and bring people [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Rick Santorum may have won over Missouri Republican presidential voters on Tuesday, but he doesn’t have a single delegate to show for it. In an unusual twist of political fate, Santorum’s victory is merely symbolic with the real contest still a month away. March 17 is when the Republican Party will [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri House of Representatives continues to work its way through legislation that would require voters to produce a photo identification before casting a ballot. Slightly differing versions of the legislation have been debated every year in the state legislature since at least 2005. It has passed both houses of the [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Cole County circuit court judge Dan Green has ruled that a new congressional district map drawn by the state legislature is constitutional. The judge’s ruling comes after three days of hearings where challengers to the map argued that several districts across the state did not meet the state constitution’s definitions that [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Conservative Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says next Tuesday’s Missouri primary will show how he could do in a primary race with no Newt. Speaking to a news conference in Hannibal Friday morning, Santorum said he can beat Romney one-on-one if Gingrich is out of the picture. “When we go head [...]
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