A report from Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley’s office says it doesn’t appear that fellow Republican Gov. Eric Greitens’ staff violated records laws while using a secretive messaging app. According to the report, the attorney general “has not identified any ...
Read More »Missouri bill to up penalties for harming police dogs fails
Missouri lawmakers on Monday voted down a bill that would have increased the penalties for killing or injuring police dogs after a bipartisan group of mainly black legislators spoke out against it. The measure needed 82 votes to pass and ...
Read More »Cost for Missouri tax cut plan would go mostly to businesses
Data from Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ administration show businesses would shoulder most of the cost of income tax cuts the Republican is proposing, even factoring in a corporate tax cut he wants. Greitens is asking lawmakers to cut individual income ...
Read More »Hawley wants penalties for officials violating records laws
Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley on Monday called on lawmakers to pass a law to create penalties for public officials or government agencies that violate record-retention laws by deleting records, a move that comes as Hawley’s office is reviewing possible ...
Read More »Missouri House passes bill on human trafficking posters
Missouri truck stops, bus stations, some hotels and other businesses would be required to hang posters advertising the national human trafficking hotline under the first bill passed by the state House this year. The House on Wednesday voted 139-5 in ...
Read More »Lawmakers: Gov. Greitens’ affair distracts from tax effort
Missouri lawmakers say Republican Gov. Eric Greitens’ admission that he had an extramarital affair is distracting from legislative efforts to change tax laws in the state, one of the key issues outlined by the governor and top GOP lawmakers ...
Read More »Gov. Greitens calls for new veterans hiring law
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens says he wants lawmakers to send him a bill to protect private employers from legal challenges if they give preference to veterans in hiring and promotions. The proposed policy change is part of Greitens’ larger push ...
Read More »Lawmaker not punished over remark about hanging
A Missouri lawmaker who called for the vandal of a Confederate monument to be hanged left a Thursday ethics hearing unpunished after his Republican colleagues voted down their only option to continue pursuing discipline against him. By simply disagreeing with ...
Read More »Work to pick new Missouri education leader stalls
Efforts to pick Missouri’s next top education official after a controversial shake-up in leadership ground to a halt Wednesday after a technical move by the governor left the board without enough voting members to choose a replacement. In an unusual ...
Read More »Greitens backs workers’ compensation boost for firefighters
Missouri lawmakers should make it easier for firefighters to get workers’ compensation, Gov. Eric Greitens said Wednesday during a visit to the St. Louis Fire Academy. The bill by Republican Rep. Nick Schroer would make firefighters and other first responders ...
Read More »Missouri Veterans Commission director resigns
The director of the Missouri Veterans Commission resigned Wednesday amid months of complaints about care at the St. Louis Veterans Home and mounting pressure for a change in leadership. New commission chairman Tim Noonan announced Executive Director Larry Kay’s resignation ...
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