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Senate OKs plan to shrink House
Missouri senators has endorsed a plan to downsize the state Legislature by cutting 60 members of the state House.
Lawyers on commissions redrawing state legislative districts
The list of people tasked with redrawing the lines of Missouri’s state House and Senate district seats includes several lawyers.
Senate pushes work comp changes
The Missouri Senate today passed a bill that would prevent people from suing co-employees for work-related injuries.
House committee OKs bill abolishing Sentencing Advisory Commission
The House Judiciary Committee has voted to advance a bill that would throw out the Missouri Sentencing Advisory Commission and enact a new set of sentencing standards.
Bill would allow laypeople to file horse teeth
A woman sued because she files horse teeth for a living could get relief from the Statehouse instead of the courthouse.
Change to court plan filed in House
This year’s battle over the Nonpartisan Court Plan is under way.
House OKs work comp law changes
The Missouri House has given first-round approval to a bill that would tweak the state’s workers’ compensation laws.
House OKs work comp law changes
The Missouri House has given first-round approval to a bill that would tweak the state’s workers’ compensation laws.
ADA complaint seeks smoke-free state Capitol
After an effort to ban smoking in the remaining parts of the state House got snuffed out in committee, an anti-smoking group is taking a new approach: filing a complaint […]
UPDATE: Committee takes no action on rejection of judicial raises
A last-minute push to reject raises for Missouri judges appears to be dead.
House to consider rejection of judicial raises
A week after a Senate committee allowed a pay increase for judges to move forward, members of the House are taking action to stop the raises.
House to consider rejection of judicial raises
A week after a Senate committee allowed a pay increase for judges to move forward, members of the House are taking action to stop the raises.
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