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Column: Veterans Lottery Ticket is a Bad Bet
Veterans Lottery Ticket is a Bad Bet by Jeremy LaFaver (D-Kansas City) “How can you be against veterans?” That’s a question I’ve been asked several times over the course of the last few months in...
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Mims, Williams to face recount
Kansas City, Mo. — Jackson County officials will release certified election results from the Aug. 5 primary tomorrow, and sources with knowledge of the results told The Missouri Times that Rep. Bonnaye...
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Missouri Supreme Court invalidates cap on punitive damages
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A 7-0 Missouri Supreme Court decision with sweeping implications was handed down on Tuesday only to be promptly drowned out by news of the state’s veto session. On September 9,...
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SB 656 controversy continues beyond veto session
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The recent veto override of SB 656 has led to emotional responses on both sides of the aisle. Republicans are breathing a sigh of relief that they have passed a tool to help...
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Bi-partisan group of lawmakers step up to defend Koster
Saint Louis, Mo. — Democrats and labor leaders from across the state are coming to the defense of Attorney General Chris Koster, who is battling loose implications made in a New York Times article last...
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Blunt leads fight in Senate against Obama’s Executive Order on immigration
Saint Louis, Mo. — Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt has taken the lead in the Senate on opposing President Obama’s executive order granting legal status to thousands of undocumented immigrants bypassing...
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Schmitt says SB4 will make Missouri more competitive
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – For many legislators with districts bordering neighboring states, competitiveness is a constant concern. Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Glendale, has filed SB4, which was voted out of...
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TWMP talks education, Kander, Rams, and more
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, a St. Louis Democrat, appeared before a guest panel yesterday and called an education bill expected for debate in the senate later tonight “the most...
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House leaders look to cut legislative research
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — House Speaker John Diehl began his tenure in leadership by reorganizing the committee structure of the Missouri House, a move that he said would streamline the legislative...
View Article‘Constitutional Carry’ would eliminate CCW requirements
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Missouri lawmaker has filed a bill that would allow any legal gun owner to carry a concealed weapon without a CCW permit, eliminating all criminal penalties associated with...
View Article‘Right to Work’ override attempt defeated in the House
JEFFERSON CITY, M0. – HB 116, Republicans latest attempt at controversial “Right-to-Work” legislation lost its override attempt in the House during veto session after hours of floor debate, which...
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LaFaver appointed to Missouri Children’s Trust Fund Board
JEFFERSON CITY, MO – House Speaker Todd Richardson appointed Representative Jeremy LaFaver, D-Kansas City, to serve on the board of directors for Missouri’s Children’s Trust Fund, filling the last...
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Razer looks to replace departing LaFaver
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Born in the Missouri bootheel to graduating from the University of Missouri to living and working in Kansas City, Greg Razer, a deputy regional director of Northwest Missouri for...
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2016 #BarklageCup: Final 4
Voting has ended. For each #BarklageCup used on Twitter, $1 will be donated to the Epilepsy Foundation! So far, thousands of votes have been casts and the hashtag has also been used thousands of times....
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TWMP in Kansas City: Cierpiot and election analysis
On a special edition of This Week in Missouri Politics, the show hits Kansas City to celebrate its move into the KC television market. Scott Faughn sits down with one of the area’s most influential...
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Blunt leads fight in Senate against Obama’s Executive Order on immigration
Saint Louis, Mo. — Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt has taken the lead in the Senate on opposing President Obama’s executive order granting legal status to thousands of undocumented immigrants bypassing...
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Schmitt says SB4 will make Missouri more competitive
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – For many legislators with districts bordering neighboring states, competitiveness is a constant concern. Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Glendale, has filed SB4, which was voted out of...
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TWMP talks education, Kander, Rams, and more
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, a St. Louis Democrat, appeared before a guest panel yesterday and called an education bill expected for debate in the senate later tonight “the most...
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House leaders look to cut legislative research
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — House Speaker John Diehl began his tenure in leadership by reorganizing the committee structure of the Missouri House, a move that he said would streamline the legislative...
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‘Constitutional Carry’ would eliminate CCW requirements
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Missouri lawmaker has filed a bill that would allow any legal gun owner to carry a concealed weapon without a CCW permit, eliminating all criminal penalties associated with...
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