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Judge rules congressional district map constitutional
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 [...]
Tents and other “living quarters” would not be allowed on public spaces, under a bill advancing at the Capitol aimed at the Occupy Nashville protest – whose members have been camped on War Memorial Plaza for four months. Members of that group say the bill would limit free speech and criminalize homelessness. On Wednesday it moved out of a subcommittee to the House Judiciary Committee.
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An online piracy measure passed into state law last year will be debated again this legislative session, in an effort to exclude a provision that made it unlawful for people to share passwords for accounts like Netflix and Pandora with their family.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Calling on Missourians’ “stubborn and self-reliant” spirit, Gov. Jay Nixon urged members of the General Assembly to bridge a gap in next year’s budget, in part by cutting higher education funding by 12.5 percent. During his annual state of the state address Tuesday night, Nixon outlined his recommendations for balancing the [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Although the location had changed, the arguments remained the same as a nonpartisan panel of judges took public testimony regarding the redrawing of the state’s legislative boundaries. The judicial panel, appointed by the State Supreme Court after two separate partisan commissions failed to reach an agreement earlier this year on plans [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A mid-Missouri state representative says building a new nuclear plant would provide 20 times more jobs than the current job creation and tax reform legislation being considered in the General Assembly. Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia, sponsors legislation that would allow voters statewide to decide whether or not to keep the current [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – After a week of tense closed-door negotiations that threatened to shut down the Missouri legislature, lawmakers have agreed to keep searching for a compromise on the comprehensive economic development and tax credit reform bill at the heart of the special legislative session. Although Senate President Pro Tem Robert Mayer, R-Dexter, had [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Gov. Jay Nixon was candid Friday when criticizing the General Assembly for its failure to act quickly on jobs legislation during the ongoing special session. The governor expressed frustration that the legislature has been slow to act on measures that would enact tax credit reform and fund economic development measures around [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – By a vote of 139 to 2, the Missouri House of Representatives passed the “Facebook Fix” Friday morning, changing a controversial social media provision in a larger student protection bill. The bill now heads to the desk of Gov. Jay Nixon, who can choose to either sign or veto the bill [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Agriculture is taking the final steps to implementing to dog breeder rules in the state, filing its final version of the rules with the Secretary of State’s office. The rules are viewable through the Secretary of State’s website and are open for public comment. In the meantime, [...]
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