A state investigation has found that dozens of workers have been misclassified as independent contractors by firms working on construction of a new General Assembly Building.
by John Haughey, The Center Square | February 25, 2021 09:30 AM Print this article A draft ‘Stop Social Media Censorship Act’ bill has been circulating about state capitols for several years with little traction but, as of Tuesday, the model legislation has been introduced in one form or another in all 50 state legislatures. The Missouri version of the ‘Stop Social Media Act’ is House Bill 482, filed Dec. 14 by Rep. Jeff Coleman, R-Grain Valley, which was heard Monday night before the House General Laws Committee. HB 482, one of three similar 2021 measures filed by Missouri Republicans, would prohibit social media platforms with at least 75 million users from censoring “political or religious content” and allow victims of censorship to seek up to $75,000 in statutory damages unless the offending speech is found to be obscene, from a false impersonation, or enticing violence.
Missouri Committee Holds Hearing on Bill to Take on All Federal Gun Control: Past, Present and Future JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Jan. 20, 2021) – On Tuesday, a Missouri Senate committee held a hearing on a bill that would take on federal gun control; past, present and future. Passage into law would represent a major step toward ending federal acts that infringe on the right to keep and bear arms within the state. Sen. Eric Burlison (R-Battlefield) filed Senate Bill 39 (SB39) on Dec. 1. Titled the “Second Amendment Preservation Act,” the legislation would ban any entity or person, including any public officer or employee of the state and its political subdivisions, from enforcing any past, present or future federal “acts, laws, executive orders, administrative orders, court orders, rules, regulations, statutes, or ordinances” that infringe on the right to keep and bear arms.