Friday, December 21, 2012
One Creve Coeur State Senator suggests that for all the talk coming out of state lawmakers right now, there may not be much action in Jefferson City on guns in this coming session.
In the week since the Newtown, Connecticut school shooting left 26 people, including 20 children dead at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Missouri lawmakers at the federal and state levels have started discussing the outlines of legislation tied to gun control and alternatively, the ability for teachers and staff who have permitted concealed weapons to carry them in schools. One prefiled bill on the subject has the support of more than two dozen lawmakers, including Republican House Speaker Tim Jones and Majority Leader John Diehl, according to the Associated Press. St. Louis County Police Chief openly talked about the prospect of arming school staff in areas where a School Resource Officer was not present, but conceded Thursday after a …
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
A Creve Coeur area church is among many urging the faithful to lobby concerns over a senate bill sitting on the Governor's desk.
Father Gerard from St. Anselm has asked church members to join him in the Fortnight for Freedom movement, which asks Catholics to pray, fast and exercise their citizenship in order to convince Governor Jay Nixon to sign SB 749, a bill that “makes sure that no one is forced to pay for abortions or contraceptives in their health insurance plans,” according to this week’s bulletin. “Please contact the Governor today and tell him abortion is not health care and you don’t want to pay for it in your health plan,” the priest wrote in his From the Pastor’s Desk column. The bill was authored by Creve Coeur area State Senator John Lamping. In arguing for a veto of the measure, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Board said the proposal is "a …
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Governor Nixon calls on lawmakers to pass an economic development package or go home.
Politics often gets described in metaphorical strategy akin to sporting events. If someone were to take a look at the status of the Special Session of the Missouri Legislature, they might describe parties involved as "getting chippy". Three weeks after the session started, one piece of legislation, a fix to the so-called "Facebook" law regarding teacher and student communication has been passed, even though some might argue the actual bill itself is outside the scope of what Governor Jay Nixon added to his call for the session. Another bill, which could boost the high tech sector in Creve Coeur, has also been passed, but is now tied to the fate of legislation seen as the main foundation for the session itself, an economic development bill …
Thrasy Bulus
6:58 pm on Saturday, December 22, 2012
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