More than 8,000 students at 34 Lutheran schools in the St. Louis area celebrated
National Lutheran Schools Week, Jan. 24-30, 2021. The schools, members of the St. Louis-based Lutheran Elementary School Association, will mark the week with service projects, special activities, tours and open house events. Several schools will also celebrate their 100th day of school during the week.
The theme of this year’s celebration is
Sent to Serve, based on Matthew 20:28: “The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
In the St. Louis area, several schools will host in-person tours or open houses at their respective campuses.
Missouri state senators and Missouri Supreme Court judges will observe State of State from upper gallery missourinet.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from missourinet.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Republican lawmakers seek to curb local control over COVID-19 health orders
By Tessa Weinberg
Local control.
On Wednesday, a Missouri Senate committee debated a slew of bills filed by Republican lawmakers that aim to strip local authority from city and county officials and health boards during states of emergency.
Some bills would limit how often local public health orders and regulations can be implemented, including no more than a cumulative 30 days every 60 days or 14 days in a two-year period, unless approved by the legislature. Others would impose a 30-day comment period on such orders and require they be approved by local officials. Some would limit restrictions on the free exercise of religion.
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Missouri senators hear testimony about Second Amendment Preservation Act
Legislation establishing a Second Amendment Preservation Act had support from rural Missourians during a Tuesday Senate committee hearing in Jefferson City.
State Sen. Eric Burlison (R-Battlefield) represents southwest Missouri’s Greene and Christian counties
State Sen. Eric Burlison, R-Battlefield, the bill sponsor, testified before the Senate General Laws Committee, predicting that President-Elect Joe Biden’s administration will push for gun control.
“Gun bans directly, magazine bans, attacks on private gun manufacturers, red flag laws and restrictions on individual citizens from buying firearms,” Burlison testifies.
Burlison’s Senate Bill 39 declares that it’s the duty of the courts and law enforcement agencies to protect the rights of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms. Senator Burlison also emphasizes that his bill does not try to prevent the federal
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