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31 Oct, 2007 10:26 am
This is lovely. The Associated Press reports (10/28): JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Gov. Matt Blunt, an
abortion opponent, has launched the state on a scientific quest to determine how abortions affect women - a question so complex that it confounded...
25 Oct, 2007 1:51 pm
... Security and U.S. residency cards. As part of his initiative to crack down on illegal immigration, Governor Matt Blunt vowed earlier this year to immediately cancel public contracts with businesses that cannot certify that
all their employees ... verification but rather a large part of the company's workforce. This week the janitorial company's owner sued the governor for racial discrimination, even though 25 employees have been arrested for being in the country illegally. The lawsuit actually ...
8 Jan, 2008 5:28 pm
On the heels of Missouri's Governor Matt Blunt slashing the
state's Medicaid rolls for approximately 125,000 Missourians, the Missouri republican legislature and Mr. Blunt have sunk a dagger even deeper
into the heart of hard working Missourians. If you owe money to a hospital or health care provider and were counting on receiving a tax refund this year, don't count on it. Missouri
House Bill 818 was enacted June 1, 2007 and became law on January 1, 2008. ...
13 Dec, 2007 12:10 am
Today's St. Louis Jewish Light reports on Missouri Governor Matt Blunt's response last month to a dispute over holiday decorations at Missouri State University. After a Jewish faculty member complained about a Christmas
tree in one of the University buildings, it was taken down. However a few days later it reappeared with a Hanukkah menorah next to it. The Governor issued a statement on Nov. 29 saying: I was deeply troubled by MSU's decision to take down a ...
22 Aug, 2008 6:15 am
Yesterday's St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports on Missouri Governor Matt Blunt's proposed Faith-Based Missouri Disaster Relief Initiative. The state's Emergency Management Agency and the University of Missouri Extension Service are
organizing meetings around the state to recruit churches and train religious leaders in emergency response. The goal is to create a coordinated network of fully trained churches that
the state can call on ...
16 Sep, 2005 12:57 am
[JURIST] Missouri Governor Matt Blunt [official website]
signed legislation [SB 1 text] Thursday authorizing lawsuits against anyone who helps teenagers get abortions in violation of Missouri's parental consent law. The law is aimed partly at
preventing teens from getting abortions in neighboring Illinois, which does not have a parental consent law. Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri [
19 Oct, 2005 7:20 am
[JURIST] The administration of Missouri Governor Matt Blunt
[official website] will continue its legal defense of a state law [text] prohibiting inmates from obtaining abortions unless a woman's life or health is endangered, despite the US
Supreme Court's recent decision [JURIST report] allowing the transport of a current inmate to a St. Louis abortion clinic. The state's policy eliminating
3 Jul, 2007 3:58 am
[JURIST] Missouri Governor Matt Blunt [official website]
Monday announced the signing of a bill [HB 820 text] intended to protect the identities of individuals [press release] who provide direct support for the administration of the death
penalty, formally prohibiting the disclosure of executioners' identities and creating a civil cause of action to recover damages against anyone who discloses an
11 Jun 8:38 am
Former Republican Missouri Governor Matt Blunt, who made
denying elderly citizens their right to obtain justice when they are abused or neglected by the nursing home industry a focal ... scooter driver while driving his SUV on Monday, June 8,
2009. Blunt's Ford Explorer hit a 21 year old man driving a scooter ... works for the Missouri Democrats. Catanese was taken to a local
hospital with scrapes on his forearm and a bruise on his head. Blunt was issued a summons for failing to yield the right of way ...
21 Mar, 2008 10:26 am
... files SCOTUS brief favoring death penalty for child rapists." Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt today filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the death ... law authorizing the death penalty for offenders who rape children under the age
of 12. Blunt proposed a similar law for Missouri last December and bills have been ... and that discussion at the state level is the best way
to determine the national consensus on the issue. Blunt's brief is also signed by 28 state lawmakers, including Kansas City ...
24 Mar, 2008 2:12 pm
View the article here 03/24/2008 JEFFERSON CITY - Gov. Matt Blunt (Contact) is seeking access to the
FBI's criminal history record information under the authority of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 to provide greater protection for Missouri's most vulnerable
citizens, especially children. The governor sent a letter to David Cuthbertson, Section Chief of the Programs Development Section, Criminal
Justice Information Services Division of the FBI, seeking access ...
25 Mar, 2008 4:31 am
3-24-2008 Missouri: JEFFERSON CITY-Gov. Matt Blunt is seeking access to the FBI's criminal history
record information under the authority of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 to provide greater protection for Missouri's most vulnerable citizens, especially
children. The governor sent a letter to David Cuthbertson, Section Chief of the Programs Development Section, Criminal Justice Information
Services Division of the FBI, seeking access ...
20 Feb, 2008 10:38 am
View the article here 02/20/2008 JEFFERSON CITY - Gov. Matt Blunt (Contact) today issued the
following statement on the Missouri Supreme Court's ruling to allow some dangerous sex offenders to live near Missouri's schools and child care facilities if they ... some dangerous
sexual predators to live within 1,000 feet of a Missouri school, or child care facility, their governor strongly disagrees. - It's because they
know the law better than you THINK you know it. These ...
13 Aug, 2008 11:14 pm
Church leaders ask Blunt to commute death sentence August 12, 2008 | 11:08 p.m. CDT BY CHRIS BLANK, The Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY -
Several religious leaders have asked Gov. Matt Blunt to grant clemency to a convicted killer
scheduled to be executed Aug. 27, saying the inmate ... , Blunt reduces his sentence to life in prison without parole. A spokeswoman for
Blunt, Jessica Robinson, said the governor has received several clemency requests for Skillicorn,
including some focused on ...
15 Dec, 2007 12:30 pm
As detailed in this local article, Missouri "Gov. Matt Blunt on Thursday called for the death penalty
for child rape." Here are more details: Blunt's proposal would impose the death penalty on those who commit
forcible rape or forcible sodomy on children younger than 12. The governor announced his proposal at an Internet crimes summit in Jefferson
City, where he took a tough stance on cyber predators. "Sexual predators in Missouri should ...
14 Dec, 2007 7:31 am
... Post-Dispatch carries an AP report, "Blunt proposes death penalty for raping children under
12." Gov. Matt Blunt on Thursday proposed legislation allowing the
death sentence for people convicted of forcibly raping or sodomizing a child younger than 12. "When ... more risk." Sean O'Brien, an associate
professor of law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, agreed, and said Blunt's proposal was a bad idea. Death-penalty cases are extremely
expensive to prosecute, he said, and the resources would ...
4 Sep, 2007 7:36 am
Kansas City Star Editorial Critical of Governor: Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt's leap to sound tough on illegal immigration probably will result in little more than what already is being done. Further, the governor is wrong to insinuate that Missouri has...
18 Dec, 2007 12:26 pm
Kit Wagar reports in the Kansas City Star: Gov. Matt Blunt on Monday unveiled another package of
proposals to combat illegal immigration, this time through sanctions on state contractors and new requirements for schools, cities and counties. In a series...
17 Jul, 2007 3:39 am
... the latest state to allow the formation of captive insurance companies. S.B. 215, introduced by Sen. John Loudon, R-Chesterfield and signed by Gov. Matt Blunt, is very similar to the captive insurer statutes of Vermont, currently the largest domestic domicile.
Missouri will require a minimum capital and surplus of $250,000 single-parent captives and $750,000 association captives. Additionally, the annual premium tax will ...
24 Mar, 2008 9:02 pm
From kansascity.com: Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt has filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court
supporting the death penalty for child rapists. The "friends of the court" brief supports the state of Louisiana, which is defending a law authorizing the...
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