Hailey’s Law is heading to the Missouri Senate
Legislation requiring the Amber Alert System Oversight Committee to meet at least annually is heading to the Missouri Senate. The current law says the committee should “regularly review” the Amber...
View ArticleMissouri House could give final approval to prescription drug monitoring...
The Missouri House Fiscal Review Committee is expected to vote Monday in Jefferson City on prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) legislation. The House gave initial approval to the bill last...
View ArticleReport: One in ten Missouri babies are born premature
A 2016 report from non-profit organization March of Dimes shows that the nation’s preterm birth rate has increased for the first time in eight years. The group gives Missouri a C for its number of...
View ArticleSchaaf ends opposition to Rehder PDMP bill; Sikeston Republican says she’s...
A state senator from northwest Missouri ended his opposition Tuesday to State Rep. Holly Rehder’s (R-Sikeston) prescription drug monitoring program bill, citing a “groundswell” of support for the...
View ArticleTornado hits southwest Missouri’s Goodman; school and fire station struck
A state lawmaker who represents southwest Missouri’s McDonald County says Arkansas-based Tyson Foods has sent a semi to serve several thousand meals in tornado-impacted Goodman. State Rep. Bill Lant...
View ArticleFederal judge plans to block two Missouri abortion laws
The state of Missouri is likely to fight a federal judge’s plans to block two Missouri abortion restrictions. U.S. District Court Judge Howard Sachs’ intentions to block a rule that doctors performing...
View ArticleLegislation to create four adult high schools is approved by Missouri Senate...
Legislation to establish four adult high schools in Missouri has been approved by a Senate committee in Jefferson City. State Rep. Travis Fitzwater (R-Holts Summit) is sponsoring the bill. “The adult...
View ArticleBill tightening restrictions on sex offenders is approved unanimously by...
A Missouri House committee voted Tuesday to approve legislation placing additional restrictions on sex offenders. A bill that would prohibit registered sex offenders from being present or loitering...
View ArticleSenator Nasheed: Missouri has a “very serious problem with homelessness”
A state senator pushing legislation to expand a tax credit to soup kitchens says Missouri has a serious problem with homelessness. Under current Missouri law, taxpayers can receive a tax credit up to...
View ArticleEducational savings account legislation heads to Missouri House committee
As part of a growing conservative trend nationwide, State Sen. Andrew Koenig (R-Manchester) wants to allow the creation of education savings accounts for students with disabilities, foster children and...
View ArticleMissouri Congressman says he’s had multiple conversations with White House...
A southeast Missouri Congressman is hopeful that President Donald Trump will issue a federal disaster declaration, after devastating flooding across the state. U.S. Rep. Jason Smith (R-Salem) says he’s...
View ArticleRally for “Hailey’s Law” looks to draw attention of slow moving Missouri Senate
As the legislative session winds down in Jefferson City, a measure to enhance Missouri’s Amber Alert system is stalled in the state Senate. The chamber has been hamstrung in recent days by infighting...
View ArticleMissouri House and Senate budget negotiators approve $27 billion budget;...
The Missouri House is expected to take the budget up on Thursday morning in Jefferson City, after a conference committee approved a state budget late Wednesday night. A Missouri House and Senate...
View ArticleState Rep. Rehder will file PDMP bill again next year; “I’m a fighter, and I...
A Missouri lawmaker who has championed prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) legislation is disappointed the bill died Friday afternoon. A PDMP is an electronic database that collects data on...
View ArticleMissouri Hailey’s Law supporters to try again in 2018
Two Missouri lawmakers who pushed “Hailey’s Law” plan to re-file their bill next year. State Rep. Curtis Trent (R-Springfield) tells Missourinet supporters came close to passing Hailey’s law, but ran...
View ArticleBond set at $1 million for mid-Missouri man accused of murdering infant
First degree murder charges have been filed against a mid-Missouri man accused of killing an infant in May. Moniteau County Prosecutor Shayne Healea has charged 35-year-old Matthew Hamm of Fortuna with...
View ArticleTrial set to begin Monday for fifth defendant in 2014 Principia High School case
Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in Clayton in the trial of a teen accused of sodomizing some of his younger teammates during an alleged hazing incident at Principia High School. 19-year-old...
View ArticleSenator Blunt tells Trump’s education secretary that budget cuts won’t fly
A closely watched panel chaired by Missouri’s Republican U.S. Senator Roy Blunt undertook a key public issue Tuesday. Blunt’s appropriations subcommittee that funds the Department of Education held a...
View ArticleMissouri governor calls second special session – this one about abortion
Missouri’s Republican Governor Eric Greitens has called a special legislative session to deal with the topic of abortion. The moves comes just as pro choice groups posted hundreds of placards outside...
View ArticleGreitens: Blocking St. Louis anti-discrimination ordinance is not supporting...
Republican Governor Eric Greitens has called a special session to ask lawmakers to consider blocking a St. Louis ordinance that bans employers from penalizing or firing women who have had an abortion,...
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