This week I introduced Senate Bill 797 to the Senate Transportation and Public Safety Committee, which aims to outlaw the selling, offering or serving of powdered alcohol in Missouri. Powdered alcohol, also called dehydrated alcohol, is a dangerous new ingestible substance. As of 2015, powdered...
The Delta Chi Easter Egg Hunt was held in the Braymer school gym due to the rainy weather. That didn't stop the kids from having a lot of fun and grabbing lots of eggs and other prizes. This is the three and four year old age group.
A fatal crash occurred at 3:58 p.m., Thursday, 3/24, on Yankee Ridge Road, two miles south of Kingston, when a 2012 Volkswagon driven by 16 year old Alexander Wilson of Kansas City traveled off the west side of the roadway, struck a small tree, continued to travel off the roadway, struck a large...
JEFFERSON CITY---Union Electric Company d/b/a Ameren Missouri has filed a request with the Missouri Public Service Commission to adjust the fuel and purchased power adjustment charge (FAC) on the bills of its electric customers.
Ameren Missouri has made two filings. In its first filing (Case No. ER...
A serious accident happened on Thursday, March 17, in the westbound lane of U.S. 36, four miles west of Breckenridge, when a 2013 Ford F-150 pickup driven by Richard Thorsen of Bevier struck the back of a 2013 Kenworth tractor trailer driven by M. Serrano of Davenport, IA, as the Kenworth slowed...
This week in the Missouri Capitol, I presented a new piece of legislation to the Senate Education Committee. Senate Bill 1119 deals with state loan forgiveness requirements for public employees.
The bill addressing student loan forgiveness for public employees received support and no opposition...
JEFFERSON CITY — Counter to the wishes of the majority of union workers, Gov. Jay Nixon today vetoed House Bill 1891, legislation that would have barred public employee unions from automatically withholding money from employees’ paychecks to go to union-backed politicians. A 2014 survey of union...
Greetings Friends of the 8th Legislative District. I am excited to be back in the District this week. I hope the weather is nice so I am able to go outside and get caught up on some chores and spend some time with the family.
Missouri House Enters Annual Spring Break with Impressive List of...
(ST. LOUIS, MO) March 8, 2016 -- As part of Sunshine Week 2016, the Missouri Sunshine Coalition is sponsoring a free panel discussion regarding how much access the public should have to footage from body cameras of law-enforcement officers.
The public event, to begin at 7 p.m. March 17, will be in...
Mirabile students and staff took time out from their usual school work on Tuesday, March 8, to celebrate the school’s 100th anniversary of education. It was a day of fun but also a day of learning. Students were divided according to what school house they would have attended 100 years ago and make...