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A Springfield-area lawmaker is taking another shot at “right-to-work” legislation. The idea that it should be illegal for unions to require workers to join up and pay dues to hold certain jobs lost big at the ballot box three years ago. Sen. Eric Burlison, R-Battlefield, says that s no reason not to try again. In a committee hearing on a new bill Tuesday, Burlison told colleagues there’s still time “to right a wrong, to free people and employees from paying dues to an organization just because they want to be employed and have a job.” In addition to giving new “freedom” to employees, Burlison said the change would also help entice employers currently shunning Missouri for right-to-work states that make up most of the South and Midwest. ....
Missouri charter school expansion, tax-credit tuition vouchers bound for Senate floor by John Haughey, The Center Square | January 22, 2021 08:30 AM Print this article A proposed bill that would allow charter school expansion and create a school choice tax credit scholarship passed its first hearing Thursday, but not before the measure morphed into an even larger omnibus package making it the 2021 session’s likely flagship education legislation. Senate Bill 55, filed by Sen. Cindy O’Laughlin, R-Shelbina, was approved in a 5-4 vote Thursday by the Senate Education Committee. Its next stop is the Senate floor for debate. The original SB 55 sponsored by O’Laughlin, who chairs the committee, addressed requiring public school districts to allow homeschooled students to participate in after-school sports and activities. ....