JEFFERSON CITY — Ignoring statements from Majority Floor Leader Kevin Engler last week that the continued debate over HJR10 was causing him to “throw up,” supporters of the resolution are continuing to press their case in the final days of the Legislature.
HJR10…
JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri Senate leaders say the Ameren nuclear plant bill is unlikely to come back up for debate this week, but supporters and opponents of the bill will do their part tomorrow to keep the issue in the…
UPDATE: The filibuster ended at 9:23 p.m. when Sen. Rob Mayer asked that his bill be laid over. A little more than 5 hours. Likely ends debate on the issue in the Senate this year.
JEFFERSON CITY — As the…
JEFFERSON CITY — After a two-hour emotional debate that sometimes got personal, the Missouri House passed a bill that strengthens the state’s informed consent law on abortion and creates a new crime of coercing an abortion.
The House passed a similar…
Engler
JEFFERSON CITY — I spoke to Sen. Kevin Engler, R-Farmington, about a joke bill he sponsored that would reward littering with the death penalty.
The Senate today laid over a resolution sponsored by Senate Majority Floor Leader Kevin Engler, R-Farmington, that allows them to use laptops on the floor of the Senate.
The issue has been somewhat controversial despite the suport of Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields,…
Engler
If you’re thinking about littering in the district of Sen. Kevin Engler, R-Farmington, think again.
He sponsored a bill today, SB 273, that would penalize littering with the death penalty.
“I think that if we kill just a couple of people we…
As Sen. Charlie Shields said, the Missouri Senate is “rapidly” moving “into the ’90s.” Today, a Senate rules committee approved a resolution that would allow Missouri senators to use laptops on the floor of the Senate.
Currently, the rules prohibit the use…
