In the Kansas City area, it is common for parents who choose to take their children to Children’s Mercy to have them ultimately taken out of their home, according to Sen. Mike Cierpiot.
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"These simple pieces of legislation could take the strain off of moms and dads and let them focus on the simple, wonderful, precious joy of being a parent."
"Letting incarcerated mothers and their children bond is good for the mothers as well as the babies."
Six Republicans sided with an unsuccessful effort led by Democrats to restore Gov. Mike Parson's baseline salary increase for state employees.
"If we’re going to make progress on solving homelessness, Missouri needs to take a new approach."
"Opioid misuse, abuse, overdose deaths continue to be a real problem here in Missouri and around the country," said Rep. Dirk Deaton.
Cheryl Robb-Welch took over as the new CEO of the Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence earlier this year.
"We need this. This is really going to help people," Sen. Jill Schupp said of the bill.
"I hope to see a future where the only sad part of a victim story is the event itself and the system has the time to protect the victim at all costs."
Judge Darrell Missey is a circuit judge in Jefferson County where he also serves as an administrative judge of the family court.