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1 day ago | 
columbiamissourian.com | Hannah Schuh |Michael Baniewicz |Fletcher Mantooth |Fred Anklam
By Hannah Jane Schuh/Missourian,Michael Baniewicz/Missourian,Fletcher Mantooth,Fred Anklam JEFFERSON CITY - Boone County's freshmen House members - Gregg Bush and John Martin - have differing viewpoints on the legislative process as they enter the final month of their first session. Both Republican Martin and Democrat Bush have spent much of their time at the Capitol since January working on legislation, some that they have sponsored, in hearings and floor debates.
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1 week ago | 
columbiamissourian.com | Jackson Cooper |Fred Anklam
By Jackson Cooper,Fred Anklam JEFFERSON CITY - A Missouri House committee advanced an amended Senate bill Monday that would end the University of Missouri's exclusive permission to grant doctoral degrees. The new provision is tacked onto Senate Bill 150, sponsored by Sen. Jill Carter, R-Granby, which establishes a fund to reimburse tuition and book fees for students in community colleges and technical schools. It passed the Senate last month.
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2 weeks ago | 
columbiamissourian.com | Jackson Cooper |Fred Anklam
By Jackson Cooper,Fred Anklam JEFFERSON CITY - The Missouri House moved forward Monday with a bill that would provide protections against antisemitism in public schools. House Bill 937, sponsored by Rep. George Hruza, R-St. Louis, establishes a definition for antisemitism, which public school districts and institutions of higher education would be required to integrate into their codes of conduct.
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1 month ago | 
columbiamissourian.com | Jackson Cooper |Fred Anklam
By Jackson Cooper,Fred Anklam JEFFERSON CITY - Firearm legislation has emerged as a priority this legislative session, particularly among members of the hard-right Freedom Caucus. The Republican supermajority in both houses of the assembly has solidified after previous years marked by infighting, meaning that legislation popular with party leadership and hardliners is moving faster.
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1 month ago | 
columbiamissourian.com | Jackson Cooper |Fred Anklam
By Jackson Cooper,Fred Anklam JEFFERSON CITY - A House committee voted Wednesday to advance a bill that would repeal voter-approved provisions for paid sick leave. In an at-times contentious hearing, Legislative Review Committee members deliberated on House Bill 567. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Sherri Gallick, R-Belton.
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2 months ago | 
columbiamissourian.com | Jana Rose Schleis |Fred Anklam
By Jana Rose Schleis,Fred Anklam A Republican lawmaker is proposing to raise taxes on farmers who participate in wind or solar energy projects. As utilities and energy developers increase solar and wind power, folks in rural areas across the nation have been offered opportunities to lease their land to house a wind turbine or a field of solar panels.
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2 months ago | 
columbiamissourian.com | Molly Gibbs |Fred Anklam
By Molly Gibbs,Fred Anklam JEFFERSON CITY - Two Missouri House bills that had a committee hearing Tuesday would make it more difficult for Missourians to amend state statutes and the Missouri Constitution using initiative petitions. In the House Elections Committee hearing, bill sponsors Rep. Brad Banderman, R-St. Clair, and Rep. John Martin, R-Columbia, noted their bills HB 551 and HB 575 are very similar to bills introduced by former Rep. Mike Haffner in the last two years.
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2 months ago | 
columbiamissourian.com | Natanya Friedheim |Fred Anklam
By Natanya Friedheim,Fred Anklam JEFFERSON CITY - House Republicans have taken their first steps at giving voters another chance to weigh in on abortion rights. House Joint Resolution 54 would ban all abortions except in cases of medical emergency, fetal anomaly, rape, or incest. The same proposed ballot measure would ban surgeries, hormones and drugs given to minors for the purpose of gender transitions.
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2 months ago | 
columbiamissourian.com | Molly Gibbs |Fred Anklam
The bill, House Bill 711, would allow students to attend public schools outside of the district they live in and let districts opt in to the program on a voluntary basis. In his State of the State address on Tuesday, Kehoe said he supports school choice and urged legislators to pass the bill.
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2 months ago | 
columbiamissourian.com | Fletcher Mantooth |Fred Anklam
JEFFERSON CITY - Efforts to expand concealed carry provisions got a hearing in the House General Laws Committee late Tuesday as gun rights advocates continue efforts to remove gun ownership restrictions. HB 328, introduced by Rep. Tim Taylor, R-Bunceton, would make several changes for concealed carry laws.
