The Missouri General Assembly is responsible for passing state laws and overseeing the state’s budget. Members of the Senate are elected to four-year terms and are limited to two terms, while members of the House of Representatives are elected to two-year terms and may serve for four terms...
These standards include a strong voting record on MCGA’s top issues, as well as being a recipient of the organization’s esteemed Public Servant Award. Hartzler is a family farm owner in Harrisonville and sits on the House Agriculture Committee. “She listens to our questions and concerns and...
before being elected to the city council in 2007. He resigned his council seat to run again for State Senate in 2010, again losing narrowly. LaGrand was elected to a deep-blue State House seat covering the central part of the city in a special election ...
That is not decriminalization by any generally accepted definition. One can still be arrested and one still can get a criminal conviction record for possession of any amount. I have represented defendants on such charges for 33 years. I have worked for marijuana law reform for even longer. ...
Congress. Donald Trump's presidency, the #MeToo movement, and Christine Blasey Ford's Senate testimony about an alleged assault by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, were among the factors that drove record gains by women in the House, as well as historic firsts at the state and local ...
State Sen. Jason Bean withdrew his hands-free measure after it was watered down to secondary enforcement, but it advanced anyway and was approved by the full Senate on March 30. It advances to the House. “If a police officer sees this and they can’t stop the person then why are we ...
In the Senate, the current state of play after Rep. Lauren Arthur’s win is 23-10 with one vacant seat that is reliably Republican for an effective state of play at 24-10. Without a major shakeup in the map, essentially barring a real blue tsunami, it’s safe to bet that there ...
The U.S. Senate ratified the pact in a vote of 85-1, but only after noting that U.S. would still reserve the right to self-defense or to act against any nations that broke the agreement. Later, 47 other countries would sign the pact. Despite this and other anti-war efforts, ...
The proposal, which previously had been approved in the Senate, was endorsed by the House on a 98-58 vote. Rep.Maria Chappelle-Nadal, D-University City, joined Republicans in voting for the measure, saying she is concerned Clean Missouri would make it harder for African Americans to win sea...
In efforts to avoid another World War,The Kellogg-Briand Pactalso known as the Pact of Paris was an agreement to outlaw war signed by the United States and 14 other nations. The U.S. Senate ratified the pact in a vote of 85-1, but only after noting that U.S. would still reserve ...