Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal, D-St. Louis County, expressed her concern about the fact that the bill exempts health-care providers who decide whether athletes get back in the play from all liabilities. "You're shifting the responsibility to the school districts, and we cannot afford that," Chappelle-Nadal said. "You may have 900 students and if there's a student that does have brain injury and does go back in the play, I don't know how much it is going to cost."
Wrap: During an interview, State Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal called St. Louis Businessman, Rex Sinquefield, a plantation owner when talking about the St. Louis police control bill.
In the Senate, St. Louis County Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal spoke of a family that got into their basement six seconds before the tornado hit their house.
While in the Senate, Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal, D-St. Louis County, spoke about another natural disaster that swept over Missouri the past weekend.
While on the Senate floor, St. Louis County Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal thanked responders for their work after tornadoes devastated another part of Missouri.
St. Louis County Democratic Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal opposes the plan, saying it weakens discrimination protections when they should be strengthened.
Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal, D-University City, opposed the bill. Her arguments against it focused mainly on Chapter 84.160 of the Missouri Constitution, which would be eliminated should the bill pass. The chapter serves as a written guarantee of benefits to widows and children of police officers, as well as maimed police officers.
Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal, D-St. Louis County, who's opposed previous versions of the bill, said the police union's OK is needed to get the bill through.
Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal, D-St. Louis County, who's opposed previous versions of the bill, said the police union's OK is needed to get the bill through.
While in the Senate, Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal, D-St. Louis County, spoke about another natural disaster that swept over Missouri the past weekend.
During an interview, State Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal called St. Louis Businessman, Rex Sinquefield, a plantation owner when talking about the St. Louis police control bill.
During an interview, State Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal called St. Louis Businessman, Rex Sinquefield, a plantation owner when talking about the St. Louis police control bill.
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