Tagged: Missouri House

The Missouri House passed legislation yesterday that would bar school administrators from using teacher seniority in layoffs. Under the bill, teachers' performance would need to be the most important factor in those decisions.

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

• A Republican member of the Missouri House announces he is gay, opposes "don't say gay" legislation.
• The Missouri House passes a funding plan for veterans homes.
• Toughened anti-bullying legislation endorsed in the Missouri House.

The Missouri House has passed legislation that could provide an earmarked funding stream for state-run nursing homes for military veterans.

Missouri House members have endorsed legislation requiring school districts to bolster policies against bullying.

Will be updated.

Updated at 11:59 a.m. with information that Wyatt is the only current openly gay Republican state legislator in the nation.

A Republican Missouri House member has announced publicly that he is gay and called upon GOP leaders to end legislation that would limit discussion of sexual orientation in public schools.

The Missouri House has approved legislation that could make it harder for employees to be shielded from retaliation by their employer for reporting wrongdoing in the workplace.

In an 86-66 vote Thursday, the House approved a measure that limits "whistleblower" status to employees who report or refuse to carry out illegal acts. The bill also caps the amount of punitive damages a person can recover if a company retaliates against the whistleblower.