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Missourinet You are here: Home / Archives for Mountain Park Baptist Academy Missouri and South Carolina are the only states in the nation that do not regulate faith-based boarding schools for youth. The secret is out and several of these schools have packed up and moved to Missouri to carry on their business of alleged neglect as well as sexual, physical, and emotional abuse of students. Colton Schrag (Photo courtesy of Tim Bommel, House Communications) After an investigation by The Kansas City Star, the accusations have caught the attention of two state lawmakers. Representatives Rudy Veit...

Missourinet You are here: Home / Legislative effort to crack down on Missouri boarding schools after mounting claims of abuse and neglect Legislative effort to crack down on Missouri boarding schools after mounting claims of abuse and neglect Missouri and South Carolina are the only states in the nation that do not regulate faith-based boarding schools for youth. The secret is out and several of these schools have packed up and moved to Missouri to carry on their business of alleged neglect as well as sexual, physical, and emotional abuse of students. Colton Schrag (Photo courtesy of Tim Bom...

Missourinet You are here: Home Missouri bill would boost gas tax but offer rebates to drivers A proposed fuel tax increase could come with a rebate option for drivers who fill up in Missouri. State Representative Becky Ruth, R-Festus, has filed legislation that would increase the fee two cents annually for five years to help to pay for Missouri’s underfunded highway system. She tells Missourinet if drivers turn in their receipts to the Department of Revenue, they could ask for a rebate. State Rep. Becky Ruth, R-Festus, speaks at the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City on January 30, 2020 (fi...

Missouri House OKs Ozarks lawmaker's plan to push back on federal gun laws Austin Huguelet, Springfield News-Leader © Tim Bommel Rep. Jered Taylor, R-Republic JEFFERSON CITY — Citing fears of impending tyranny, the Missouri House gave initial approval to a plan to limit the reach of federal gun laws here Wednesday. The bill from Rep. Jered Taylor, R-Christian County, would bar state and local law enforcement from enforcing any federal statutes that ban or discourage “law-abiding citizens” from having guns, accessories or ammunition. Taylor and other Republicans said t...

Missouri’s 2021 legislative session will be barrier breaking.  The number of women serving is at an all-time high with 52 female lawmakers. It will have the most ever Black lawmakers serving with 25. There will be five openly LGBTQ lawmakers — which is believed to be another record. And the first Asian American woman was elected to the Legislature. It’s a long way from the historic firsts achieved roughly a century ago, when Walthall Moore, a Republican from St. Louis, became Missouri’s first Black state lawmaker in 1920 and two years later in 1922, when Sarah Lucille Turner and Mel...