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 [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The chair of the state Senate transportation committee is taking a new approach to tackling the growing problem of texting while driving. Rather than introducing a bill that just targets the act of texting, Sen. Bill Stouffer, R-Napton, has introduced a bill that would make it a class C misdemeanor to [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – As the courts and political appointees continue to try and sort out the state’s legislative maps, the state Senate has decided to delay the filing dates for this year’s primary election. The Senate gave first round approval Wednesday to a bill that would delay the filing period, which was set to [...]
Continue reading …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 [...]
Continue reading …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 …KANSAS CITY, MO. (Shane Patton, Missouri Sports Magazine) – The Kansas City Royals have picked up the 2013 option on manager Ned Yost’s contract. Yost, who replaced the fired Trey Hillman in 2010, is 126-163 in Kansas City – the move makes sense as the team is moving in the right direction.
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri’s Attorney General has weighed in on the healthcare reform cases headed to the Supreme Court. Chris Koster announced Tuesday that he has filed amicus briefs with the high court supporting a multi-state effort to have the individual mandate provision of the Affordable Care Act declared unconstitutional. But unlike many other [...]
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