1-13-22 VIDEO: House Democrats' press conferenceOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
House Democrats talk to and field questions from the media after the close of work for the week. |
1-13-22 House member wants to favor family placements over foster careOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
A House member wants the state to put more effort into finding family members with whom to place children who are taken into state custody, before placing them with strangers. |
1-11-22 House Budget Committee weighs proposed pay hike for state employeesOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
The Parson Administration has made its case to the House Budget Committee for a proposed 5.5-percent pay increase for state employees. |
01-05-22 VIDEO: House Republican and Democrat press conferences on start of '22 sessionOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
from the Republican and Democratic caucuses discussed their priorities and fielded questions from the media. |
12-30-21 Sponsors of prison nurseries proposal point to successes in other statesOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
Prison nursery programs have existed in other states for years, and in some cases for decades. |
12-30-21 House proposal aims to teach youth responsible social media use, evaluating constant flow of informationOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
A House member believes Missouri children should be taught in school how to deal with and scrutinize the constant stream of information with which they are faced every day. |
12-16-21 House action leads to chance at parole for man facing sentence of more than 2 centuriesOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
Missouri House legislation has led to a man securing a parole from prison in the next year, about 69 years earlier than he expected. |
12-10-21 Columbia man: law giving felons more job opportunities is making a difference for himOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
Missourians with felony convictions are no longer blocked from working in places that sell lottery tickets, and face less restriction in working where alcohol is sold, under a law that took effect over the summer. |
12-2-21 House logs 372 proposals on first day of filing for 2022 sessionOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
December 1 is a day when Missourians get a first look at what legislators will consider as the filing of bills for the 2022 legislative session began. |
11-24-21 Lawmaker to continue focus on domestic violence issuesOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
A lawmaker with decades of experience in law enforcement plans to file more legislation meant to help victims of domestic violence in ways he wished he could have during his career. |
11-19-21 New law a 'game changer' for some felons seeking workOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
An advocate says a new law that began as a Missouri House bill is a “game changer” for people trying to establish new lives after felony convictions. |
11-10-21 Lawmakers to consider 'Blair's Law,' criminalizing celebratory gunfire in 2022 sessionOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
It’s named for Blair Shanahan Lane, who was struck in the neck by a bullet fired from more than a half-mile away over a lake, on July 4, 2011. She died the next day. |
10-27-21 Work not done for interim committee on mental healthOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
An interim panel on mental health policy will hold at least two more hearings according to its chairman, who says its members are taking in information like “drinking water out of a firehose.” |
10-15-21 'Prison nurseries' proposal would let incarcerated mothers bond with newborns in prisonOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
The plan would allow some women who are pregnant when they are about to be incarcerated for short sentences to have their babies with them in prison so that they can bond with their newborns. |
10-5-21 House members frustrated by Department after report on missing foster childrenOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
Missouri House members aren’t pleased with a lack of answers from the Department of Social Services in the wake of a federal report slamming its lack of response when children in foster care go missing. |
10-4-21 Feminine hygiene products now free to all women incarcerated in MissouriOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
2018 findings showed that in Missouri’s two female prisons, more than 80 percent of women were making their own hygiene products, and those they were given for free were ineffectual. These homemade products were often resulting in infections or other complications. |
9-28-21 First MO fuel tax increase since '96 drops Friday, but refunds availableOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
The tax will increase by 2.5 cents October first, with more incremental increases every July 1 until it reaches a 12.5 total increase in 2025. |
9-23-21 GALLERY: Historic African American Cemetery could be preserved by DNR under House billOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
The legislation authorizes the state DNR to acquire Antioch Cemetery in Clinton. It could turn the cemetery into an educational site to be operated by the state Division of Parks. |
9-16-21 Veto session: House votes to fund programs fighting child abuse, neglect; Senate disagreesOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
The Missouri House voted Wednesday to override Governor Mike Parson’s (R) vetoes of several spending proposals in the state budget, including one aimed at stemming the sexual abuse of children in Lincoln County. The Senate did not concur on those overrides and allowed the governor’s actions to stand, and those proposals to fail. |
9-10-21 Missouri WIC recipients to get farmers' markets vouchers under new lawOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
Missouri previously participated in the program up until more than a decade ago. |
9-2-21 VIDEO: New license plate supporting Negro Leagues Baseball Museum soon availableOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
A museum telling an important story in the nation’s sports and cultural histories is featured on a new license plate that will soon be available to Missourians. |
8-25-21 Benton Mural model bids 'fond farewell' to his likenessOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
The last living model for one of the Missouri State Capitol’s best-known artistic features paid a visit to his likeness today, giving in what could prove to be a "fond farewell." |
8-23-21 Missouri college athletes to be able to profit from name, likeness under House billOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
The change would be effective beginning July 1 of next year and comes after the NCAA adopted a new policy on the matter. |
8-13-21 House language will allow chance at parole for Bostic, others sentenced as juveniles to long termsOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
A House amendment that will give some juvenile offenders in Missouri a chance at parole will become effective later this month. The provision was driven by the case of a man sentenced to 241 years in prison when he was 16. |
8-2-21 House Bill to fight copper, precious metal theft, takes effect this monthOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
A House bill recently signed into law will close what the sponsor calls a “loophole” in Missouri’s laws regarding the theft of copper and precious metals. |
7-28-21 Missourians told to repay federal unemployment can seek waiverOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
Any Missourian who believes they could get a waiver is encouraged to visit the Department’s unemployment system website. A link is included in this story. |
5-14-21 House Republicans and Democrats end of session press conferencesOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
Missouri House Republicans and Democrats assessed the 2021 session and fielded media questions after the session ended Friday. |
5-11-21 House vote sends statewide PDMP proposal to GovernorOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
After roughly a decade of legislative consideration, the Missouri legislature has voted to create a statewide prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP). |
4-19-21 Foster reforms aimed at giving more children permanency sent to governorOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
The legislature has proposed several measures meant to give more Missouri children a chance to get out of the foster care system and into permanent homes, and to help foster and adoptive parents afford the costs of caring for and adopting children. |
4-9-21 House endorses lifetime orders of protectionOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
Orders of protection are generally only effective for one year. House Bill 744 would allow a judge, after a review of the case, to issue one for the lifetime of the abuser. |
4-2-21 House votes to renounce Dred Scott decision by Missouri Supreme CourtOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
The Missouri House has again voted to renounce the 1852 decision by the Missouri Supreme Court that denied Scott and his family their freedom. |
4-2-21 House votes to allow state inspections of religious-based youth homesOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
House lawmakers voted this week toward ending abuse of children in residential care facilities managed by religious organizations - abuse that lawmakers called “horrific,” and amounting to “torture.” |
4-2-21 House votes to restrict seclusion, restraint of studentsOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
The Missouri House has voted to tell schools in the state to enact guidelines on when students may be secluded or restrained, and to require that when it happens, the student’s parents or guardians must be notified. The bipartisan effort began when practices that one lawmaker called “archaic” came to light. |
3-4-21 House passes bill to relieve federal unemployment overpayments, told Department of Labor will 'call off the dogs'On Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
The Missouri House has voted to waive the biggest portion of unemployment overpayments that some 46,000 Missourians were being told to repay. House members also heard that Governor Mike Parson (R) now supports the effort, and his Department of Labor will “pause” efforts to collect the federal portion of those overpayments while the legislation is moving. |
3-3-21 Domestic abusers could not have guns under House proposalOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
The law would apply to those under full orders or protection or convicted of a crime of domestic violence. Supporters say it would mirror Missouri law to federal law and fix a gap unintentionally created by 2016 legislation. |
3-2-21 Bipartisan effort would create "Blair's Law," criminalize celebratory gunfireOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
The bills would honor 11 year-old Blair Shanahan Lane, who was killed by an errant bullet fired during a 4th of July celebration in 2011. |
3-1-20 Lifetime order of protection would be possible under House proposalOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
Missouri law allows for orders of protection that last for one year. That means victims who want continued protection must go back to court annually to seek extensions |
2-23-21 Bill would provide feminine hygiene products to Missouri incarcerated womenOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
Federal and state institutions, as well as some local jails, already provide those products to female offenders at no cost. House Bill 318, sponsored by Representative Bruce DeGroot (R-Ellisville), would codify that requirement for state institutions, and county and city jails. |
2-10-21 Bipartisan effort seeks best way to help Missourians who owe for unemployment overpaymentsOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
One week after hearing from the Department of Labor about the state’s efforts to seek repayment of erroneous unemployment payments from struggling Missourians, a bipartisan slate of House members is debating the best way to provide relief. |
2-9-21 Representative, former police chief, proposes tighter stalking lawsOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
A state representative frustrated by years of having to tell stalking victims he couldn’t help them is sponsoring a bill to toughen Missouri statute. |
2-3-21 House members denounce state's seeking payback of unemployment benefitsOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
House members from both parties are not happy that Missourians are being asked to pay back unemployment assistance they received in error through no fault of their own. |
2-2-21 VIDEO: Representative O'Donnell promoted to Lt. CommanderOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
In front of his House colleagues, O'Donnell accepted the promotion in a ceremony that combined Navy traditions with House traditions. |
1-26-21 Anti-doxing bill would protect Missouri first respondersOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
Missouri House members are being asked to protect law enforcement officers and other first responders and their families by protecting the personal information of those individuals. |
1-21-21 Capitol Security an Early Session Priority for HouseOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
An ongoing discussion about security in the Missouri State Capitol continues next week when House committees will hold hearings on two bills. |
1-12-21 House Committee advances foster care, adoption supportsOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
A House Committee has voted to make adopting or fostering children in Missouri easier, with its support for two bills that are early-session priorities for chamber leadership. |
8-26-20 'Trailblazer' for women in politics inducted into the Hall of Famous MissouriansOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
Annie White Baxter was the first woman elected to public office in Missouri and the first female county clerk in the United States. Baxter was elected Jasper County Clerk in 1890, 30 years before women were eligible to vote. |
8-25-20 Missouri House passes 5 bills in special session called to address crimeOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
Republicans say the legislation will help address violent crime in a year when Kansas City is on pace to set a new record for the annual number of homicides, and St. Louis is in the midst of a wave of murders and other violence. Democrats decried the legislation as accomplishing nothing and said the special session was called only for political reasons. |
3-12-20 VIDEO: House Republicans discuss response to corona virus and more with mediaOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
The House is making changes to its operating schedule in response to the virus' spread. |
3-12-20 VIDEO: House Democrats call for additional steps to respond to corona virusOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
Democrats want to see state leaders do more to respond to the virus' spread. |
3-9-20 'Corey's Law:' House proposal aims to preserve evidence in Missouri stabbing casesOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
Missouri House Members are looking for the right way to make sure evidence is not discarded when a person is stabbed or shot. |
3-6-20 House votes to allow felons to work in places that sell alcohol and lottery ticketsOn Selection You Will Jump to the iframe below
House Bill 1468 would also lift the requirement that employers with liquor licenses notify the state of any employees with felony convictions. |