HCN All Politics:
- House votes to restrict funeral protest in wake of Supreme Court ruling
- Nearly 90 percent of representatives voted to make it a crime to protest within 500 feet of funeral ceremonies. Another of the bill's restrictions prohibits protesters from picketing two hours before and after funerals. If passed, it would be a crime in Missouri to violate these restrictions.
- Republican Senate leaders put off vote to extend unemployment benefits
- The plan calls for the state to accept $81 million in federal money. This money would extend the maximum length of jobless benefits from 79 to 99 weeks for Missourians.
- Mo. House overturns voter-approved minimum wage law
- n 2006, 76 percent of Missouri voters approved a measure to raise minimum wage and tie it to the inflation rate. The House-passed bill would prohibit Missouri’s minimum wage from exceeding the federal level. Both are currently set at $7.25, but because Missouri uses the consumer price index to set its minimum wage, the state’s level could increase past the federal level if the cost of living increases.
- President could be forced to prove citizenship to get on Missouri's ballot
- A bill that would require all presidential candidates, including Pres. Barack Obama, prove their citizenship to Missouri's Secretary of State before getting placed on the state ballot was heard by the House Elections Committee Tuesday [March 1].
- Lottery privatization an option for Senate committee
- Proposed bills look to criminalize texting while driving regardless of age
- The House Crime Committee heard three bills to criminalize texting while driving, regardless of age. In 2009, Missouri's legislature passed a ban on driving while texting, but limited the bill to those under age 22.
- House votes to repeal corporate franchise tax
- Rep. Jerry Nolte, R-Gladstone, who sponsored the bill, said removing the corporate franchise tax would foster corporate growth and business' interest in the state. "This puts us in a bad competitive situation with other and in fact the state of Kansas has just eliminated their franchise tax," Nolte said. "For those of us living on the west side of the state, we know how competitive [business] is."
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