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Working Families Flexibility Act approved

Posted May 16, 2013 at 11:31 am

Good Day,

The U.S. House took an important step in the effort to give working families the option of choosing paid time off instead of overtime wages. We’ve approved the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013.

I had the opportunity to address this important subject during a U.S. House floor speech, pointing out that public-sector employees have had the flex time option for almost 30 years. It’s time private-sector workers had the same opportunity to spend more time with their families or time engaged in other interests away from the workplace.

The Working Families Flexibility Act modernizes outdated regulations to allow private-sector workers to voluntarily

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    Senate Bill 23 one vote from Governor's desk

    One of my legislative priorities came closer to crossing the finish line when the Senate passed the compromise version of Senate Bill 23 which I introduced early in this session. This bill began as a simple one page bill that only related to the hotel/motel guest tax in Pettis County. As it made its way through the legislative process, it picked up additional language. Since not every bill introduced in the legislature becomes law, most legislators look for other bills onto which to amend their priorities. This became the

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    Hartzler and House vote on behalf of working families

    Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler (MO-4) has voted to give working families the option of choosing paid time off instead of overtime wages. She and her House colleagues have approved the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013.

    “Public-sector employees have had the flex time option for almost 30 years,” said Hartzler. “It is time private-sector workers had the same opportunity to spend more time with their families or more time engaged in other interests away from the workplace.”

    “The Working Families Flexibility Act would modernize outdated regulations to allow private-sector

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    Mo. House backs incentives for gun manufacturers

    by Taylor Beck and Meghan Boggess

    As states around the country pass stricter gun laws, state lawmakers are looking to encourage gun businesses to come to Missouri.

    The Missouri House gave first-round approval to a measure Tuesday, April 30, which would give a maximum of $3 million in tax credits per year to ammunition manufacturers relocating to or expanding in Missouri. The credit would expire after six years.

    Bill sponsor Rep. Bill White, R-Joplin, said he’s been targeting specific companies in states like Colorado

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    Missouri gains jobs, unemployment rate drops

    Gov. Jay Nixon says the April jobs report released Tuesday, May 14, shows Missouri’s economy continues its momentum in the right direction. The April jobs report showed that Missouri employers created more than 12,000 new jobs during the month, while the state’s unemployment rate fell to 6.6 percent, lower than the U.S. unemployment rate for the 44th consecutive month.

    The Governor also said the gain in tech industry jobs – highlighted in a report released today from the TechAmerica Foundation – demonstrates how the technology and science sectors continue to grow in

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    Lebannon trucking company owners sentenced for $800,000 scheme to defraud Tracker Marine

    Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced Monday, May 13, that that the owners of a Lebanon trucking company have been sentenced for their roles in a conspiracy to defraud Tracker Marine, a Springfield, Mo.-based manufacturer of boats and trailers sold throughout North America.

    James Keith Ivey, 53, and his wife, Melinda Kay Ivey, 43, both of Lebanon, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gary A. Fenner on Friday, May 10, 2013. James Ivey was sentenced to five years and 10 months in federal prison without parole.

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    U.S. consumers rely on newspapers when making purchasing decisions

    More than 8 in 10 adults – 81 percent – took action in the past month as a result of seeing a newspaper ad, new research from the Newspaper Association of America shows. More than half made an actual purchase.

    “How America Shops and Spends 2013,” conducted for NAA by Frank N. Magid Associates, measures patterns of behaviors in U.S. consumers, including advertising media usage for shopping and purchasing, the role of newspaper media in purchase decisions, the use of preprints and coupons, and online shopping actions.

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    Bill limits ROP

    by Taylor Beck

    Despite the claim that the practice of scanning and retaining personal documents made it possible for Boston authorities to find bombing suspects’ faces in Massachusetts’ driver license database, a Missouri House committee passed legislation Monday, April 29, that would ban the Missouri Department of Revenue from using the same technology.

    The bill, sponsored by Sen. Will Kraus, R-Jackson County, would ban the department from keeping copies of personal documents needed to obtain Missouri driver’s licenses and would require the department to dispose of its current

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    ‘Right to work’ unlikely to move forward this session

    by Marie French

    An effort to let workers refuse to join or pay dues to a union appears to have stalled once again. The chance of what supporters call “right to work” getting to the floor in either chamber appears slim.

    The spokesperson for Senate President Pro Tem Tom Dempsey, R-St. Charles, said Wednesday, May 1, that right-to-work legislation would not be passed this session. Earlier in the year, at a mid-session press conference, Dempsey himself said many senators were passionate about the issue because they believe Missouri

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    Coming to Grips with Age

    by Garrett Hawkins

    Attending a high school prom as a chaperone wasn’t on my bucket list. It was added to my “honey do” list a few weeks ago when my wife asked me to escort her to the prom at the school where she teaches and serves as a junior class sponsor.

    The experience was just as I remembered from my high school days minus the rented tuxedo, a fancy dinner and my dad’s 1973 Mach I Mustang. Those items were replaced by a suit and pair of

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