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“We think this needs to be shelved,” said the director of the Daniel Boone Regional Library District in Columbia; paying for elections would divert money from books and other materials.

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House Speaker Dean Plocher said the chairs, vice chairs and committee members were selected for their knowledge and expertise.

Supporters say the bill would decrease the chance of people getting bloodborne illnesses.

HB 1141 bears no similarities to Basyes amendment. The post-committee summary notes the bill is an adjustment to A+ scholarship requirements for students affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. It changes which grade-point average is used when evaluating a students eligibility for the scholarship in light of the pandemic.  How the transgender athlete ban would be enacted  There are still several steps unlikely to happen before the end of the legislative session Friday. HB 1141 still needs a Hou...

Missouri bill targeting environmental protections moves ahead in House Allison Kite Missouri Independent Missouri legislators are moving forward with an effort to loosen the state’s environmental regulations that critics contend could harm the state’s water and air — and its budget.  Business groups and Republican lawmakers say the bill would help businesses that are treated unfairly by an “aggressive” Missouri Department of Natural Resources.  “At the end of the day, these are at...

Legislation limiting which athletic teams a transgender student-athlete can compete for passed out of committee Thursday and now heads to the Missouri House floor. House Joint Resolution 53 filed by Chuck Basye, R-Rocheport, passed by a vote of 7-5 in the House Rules — Administrative Oversight Committee. Basye filed his bill as an amendment to the Missouri Constitution. If the bill makes it all the way through the legislative process, it would need Missouri voter approval to take effect...