Year: 2017

The Missouri House of Representatives is preparing to debate the state budget next week. The budget currently contains $500,000 to invest in a new online curriculum that will help expose […]

A mid-Missouri business served as the backdrop today as Gov. Greitens signed an important bill that helps balance Missouri courts. Gov. Greitens made good on campaign promises by signing House […]

The Missouri General Assembly has completed work on an important bill that raises Missouri’s expert witness standards up to par with much of the rest of the nation—an important step […]

Missouri has long been a destination for out-of-state trial attorneys seeking friendly courts and big paydays. The state’s welcoming judicial venue laws make it easy to move a case here—just […]

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush traveled to the Missouri Capitol on March 2 to highlight the education reform efforts happening in Missouri. He founded the Foundation for Excellence in Education […]

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush visited the Missouri Capitol on March 2 to promote lawmakers’ ongoing work to reform the state’s education system. Bush met with Missouri legislators and spoke […]

Many Missouri schools – especially rural schools and districts with difficult working conditions – are struggling to find teachers to cover math, science and advanced placement courses. The result: Missouri […]

In 2015, the National Labor Relations Board upended labor laws with a joint-employer decision that threatens small franchise businesses with excess litigation. Senate Bill 201, sponsored by Sen. Bob Onder […]

The Missouri House has passed legislation to help stabilize Missouri’s unemployment insurance trust fund.  House Bill 288, sponsored by Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick, ties the unemployment rate to the weeks unemployment […]

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On a vote of 32-0, the Missouri Senate has passed a bill that would prohibit the Department of Revenue from assessing sales tax on delivery fees. The legislation is Senate […]

Missouri has become the nation’s 28th state to offer right-to-work protections. See the map below to see where the other right-to-work states are located. For more comparisons of useful economic […]

Missouri is considered one of the easiest states in the nation in which to bring frivolous discrimination lawsuits. A Missouri Senate Committee took action to change that damaging reputation by […]

The Missouri Chamber testified in support of both Senate Bill 189 and House Bill 288, legislation that addresses Missouri’s financially unstable unemployment system, during concurrent hearings on Jan. 24. Missouri’s […]

Dan Mehan, president and CEO of the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry, issued this statement following to the 2017 State of the State Address: “Gov. Eric Greitens’ message to Missourians […]

HOLTS SUMMIT, MO.     The sole shareholders of PFSbrands — Shawn and Julie Burcham — have concluded the sale of their company to its employees through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan […]

It’s no surprise that tort reform would be among the first bills reviewed by the Missouri General Assembly in the 2017 Legislative Session. Veto after veto by former Gov. Jay […]

Following a full day of committee review and the passage of right-to-work legislation by the Missouri House, today the Missouri Senate took up two important labor reform issues during a […]

Missouri’s business community has unfinished business to resolve in the 2017 Legislative Session. After nearly a decade of vetoes of labor, civil justice, unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation reforms, these […]