Parishes Keep Sending CEI Signatures
This week we received signatures from St. Rose Philippine Duchesne in Florissant, Immaculate Conception in Springfield, Father Tolton Catholic High School in Columbia, Immaculate Conception in Augusta,...
View ArticleMedia Attention for CEI
This week the St. Louis Post-Dispatch published an article on the progress of the Children’s Education Initiative (CEI) campaign. The reporter, Elisa Crouch, offers a reasonably fair presentation of...
View ArticleMRL Lobby Day- Don’t Miss It!
Missouri Right to Life is holding a “Show Me Life” Pro-Life Action Day at the Missouri State Capitol on Tuesday, March 11. Come to Jefferson City to encourage your legislators to pass pro-life...
View ArticleSenate Begins Debate on 72-Hour Waiting Period Bill
On Wednesday this week, the Missouri Senate took up SB 519 for debate on the floor for the first time. Sponsored by Senator David Sater (R-Casville), SB 519 which would increase the waiting period for...
View ArticlePharmacy Supplying Execution Drug Won’t Sell to Missouri
This week an Oklahoma pharmacy agreed not to provide Missouri with the compounded pentobarbital needed for executions and acknowledged that it had not already provided the drug for the next execution...
View ArticleHearing Held on Bill to Provide Oversight to Executions
Much controversy has arisen lately about the secrecy behind Missouri’s execution protocol. This week the House Judiciary Committee heard HB 1737, sponsored by Representative Eric Burlison...
View ArticleSenate Committee Looks at Long-Term Sentencing for Juveniles
On Monday night the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on SB 790 to determine an appropriate sentence for juveniles convicted of first-degree murder. The bill is a response to a Supreme Court...
View ArticleSenate Committee Hears Legislation to Reform Criminal Procedures
Preventing the wrongful conviction of innocent individuals-that’s the purpose behind SB 732 heard by the Senate Judiciary Committee this week. Sponsored by Senator Joseph Keaveny (D-St. Louis) the...
View ArticleChildren’s Education Initiative (CEI) – The Beat Goes On
This week the MCC received CEI signatures from the following parishes: St. Sabina, Florissant; St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau; St Ann, Excelsior Springs; St. William, Gainesville; St. Francis...
View ArticleMedicaid Legislation – Waiting for Movement
Many bills have been filed calling for either Medicaid reform or Medicaid expansion. Few combine both reform and expansion. At this point in the session, no legislation has emerged as the primary...
View ArticleMedicaid Reform Bill Filed
State Representative Noel Torpey (R-Independence) has filed legislation, HB 1901, that proposes to reform Missouri’s Medicaid program. Passage of the bill would allow Missouri to take advantage of the...
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