This week we witnessed a rare event as nearly the entire state of Missouri was under a blizzard warning. Unfortunately some Missourians and travelers were stuck at times in this severe weather, however thankfully a vast number of Missourians took cover and stayed indoors.
In Jefferson City we traversed to the capitol and met Monday and Tuesday, but dismissed for the rest of the week, so everyone that could get home would have time. Other than the sheer display that mother nature put on, I was impressed with the job of our highway patrol, MODOT, and emergency personnel did in preparing and reacting to the weather.
In our own capacities many of us attempted to open as many communication lines as possible between local officials and public safety personnel and officials at the state level monitoring road conditions and weather. At times like these it was good that so many of us were able to work together so smoothly and in the end the benefit was improved public safety.
As we proceed with the legislative session I hope many of us in Jefferson City will take time to reflect on our experience this week. I believe it was an opportunity for many of us to be reminded that while we may disagree on issues; our first concern should be for the people of Missouri.
I would also like to take this opportunity and encourage everyone to get familiarized with the Missouri Department of Transportation website. In the event that we get more winter storms they have updated information on road conditions and travel information, their website is name@name
Despite the snow, the work in Missouri’s House to fix our economy continues. We are continuing to improve the environment for small businesses, entrepreneurs, and large employers by making it easier for them to do business in our state. These reforms should lead to more jobs for Missourians.
Unfortunately, a few legal battles have resulted in bad case law for our state’s employers. One recent decision says that if an employee is working and one of their co-workers is injured on the job, that co-worker can sue their fellow employees for action or inaction as part of their worker’s compensation case. So, if you’re at work, simply doing your job, and a co-worker gets injured, they may try to hold you civilly liable for money damages.
Why would a new business want to locate in a state with this kind of ridiculous legal environment? Unfortunately not enough do, and we need to change it. Many liberal Missouri Trial Attorneys don’t want you to know about this problem because they don’t want to fix this problem for small business. Instead they would rather make business better for themselves.
Fortunately we moved a bill [HB91] forward this week to tell stop these liberal Trial Attorneys and their activist Judge partners in crime enough is enough. The Republican majority in the legislature wants new business to come to Missouri. We want people who are out of work to find new jobs and we don’t want to punish good people for doing their jobs.
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