With the start of the legislative session drawing near state Sen. Matt Bartle, a Lee's Summit Republican, prefiled legislation that would allow the Missouri Department of Transportation to construct and maintain toll roads, as a mechanism of funding these transportation projects.
Another of the three dissenting votes came from Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Jackson County, who was the lone Republican in the Senate to vote against the original MOHELA bill last April.
The bill's sponsor, Republican Senator Matt Bartle, says the bill would issue stipends for teachers of math and science, as a type of incentive to attract more educators to the struggling subjects.
Committee Chairman Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Jackson County, said that defining the term "average sensibility" could mean different things to different people.
With Gov. Matt Blunt hoping to extend the death penalty to child rapists by the end of his term, Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Jackson County, voiced strong opposition to a bill giving new rights to child witnesses. Bartle said the bill may keep defendants from having a fair trial.
With Gov. Matt Blunt hoping to extend the death penalty to child rapists by the end of his term, Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Jackson County, voiced strong opposition to a bill giving new rights to child witnesses. Bartle said the bill may keep defendants from having a fair trial.
Some Missouri Republicans say that it is not right when the state removes children from a household for any reason that isn't abuse or trauma. Rep. Cynthia Davis, R-O'Fallon, and Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Jackson County, don't think the state should remove children from their homes.
Republican Senator Matt Bartle is the sponsor of a bill that would issue pay raises and stipends for teachers of math and science in Missouri Public Schools.
Republican Senator Matt Bartle is the sponsor of a bill that would issue pay raises and stipends for teachers of math and science in Missouri Public Schools.
A bill sponsored by Republican Senator Matt Bartle would call for random drug testing for high school athletes. The tests would not only focus on the detection of anabolic steroids but of other illegal substances.
A bill sponsored by Republican Senator Matt Bartle would call for random drug testing for high school athletes. The tests would not only focus on the detection of anabolic steroids but of other illegal substances.
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