Based in Jefferson City, Heads Up, Missouri! brings state policy to the fore. The core five hosts are Sen. Jill Schupp, Sen. Kiki Curls, Rep. Deb Lavender, Rep. Lauren Arthur, and Rep. Tracy McCreery.
In this episode Senator Jill Schupp and Representatives Deb Lavender and Tracy McCreery are joined by Representative Ashley Bland Manlove, ACLU Policy Director Sarah Baker, and lobbyist Sharon Jones to discuss the suffragette movement, their experiences as women in politics, and their hope for the future.
In this episode Representatives Deb Lavender and Paula Brown discuss public education, and dig into the details of charter schools and voucher programs.
In this episode, Senators Jill Schupp and Lauren Arthur, and Representatives Deb Lavender and Tracy McCreery discuss the recent investigation into the Department of Revenue by State Auditor Nicole Galloway, efforts by the Missouri Legislature to expand charter schools, and efforts to protect the health and safety of incarcerated women. Auditor Galloway’s Department of Revenue ReportCharter School Expansion Bill: Senate Bill 292
In this week’s episode, Senator Jill Schupp and Representatives Deb Lavender, Tracy McCreery, and Keri Ingle discuss their insights into a dangerous anti-choice bill moving through the legislature.Warning: this episode contains discussions over potentially triggering topics including sexual violence and abortion. Safe Connections: (314) 531-2003MOCSA: (816) 931-4527National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255 or text “TALK“ to 741-741
In this episode, Senator Jill Schupp and Representatives Deb Lavender and Tracy McCreery discuss their insights on the budget, dangerous gun and abortion bills moving through the legislature, two of Senator Schupp’s bills heard in committee and the upcoming deadline for the Women Legislators of Missouri Scholarship. “Guns everywhere“ Bill: House Bill 258Pain Capable Abortion Bill: Senate Bill 279Fetal Heartbeat Detection Bill: Senate Bill 139Criminalize Abortion Bill: Senate Bill 345Department of Health and Senior Services Mission Change Bill: Senate Bill 312In-Home Child Care Bill: Senate Bill 336Victim’s Employment Safety and Security Act: Senate Bill 178Women Legislators of Missouri Scholarship Application
In this episode, Senator Jill Schupp and her Chief of Staff Megan Price and Representatives Deb Lavender and Tracy McCreery discuss their insights on the budget, Moms Demand Action Lobby Day, potential changes to Title IX, forced arbitration, and menstrual products in prisons.
In this week’s episode, Senators Jill Schupp and Karla May and Representatives Deb Lavender and Tracy McCreery discuss their insights on the budget, a potential prescription drug monitoring program, Medicaid legislation and low income housing tax credits.
In this episode, Senators Jill Schupp and Lauren Arthur and Representatives Deb Lavender and Tracy McCreery discuss inequality in the legislature and their committee hearings during the third week of the 2019 Legislative Session. SNAP Bill - Senate Bill 4Fast Track Bill - Senate Bill 16Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Bill - Senate Bill 155Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Bill - Senate Bill 28Education Voucher Bill - Senate Bill 160
Senate Website, Senate Hearing ScheduleHouse Website, House Hearing ScheduleNational Council of Jewish Women
In this mini-episode, Senator Jill Schupp and Representative Tracy McCreery react to Governor Parson’s first State of the State Address and provide their perspectives on Missouri’s progress and future. Governor Parson’s State of the State AddressSenate Minority Leader Gina Walsh Response
State Senators Jill Schupp, Lauren Arthur, and Karla May and State Representatives Tracy McCreery and Deb Lavender discuss the first week of the 2019 Missouri Legislative Session followed by their hopes and expectations for the next four months.
Clark-Fox Family Foundation websiteAction steps to promote criminal justice reform in Missouri
Full transcript of Gov. Parson’s speech at the joint session of the Missouri State Legislature.
HB 1360- Missouri Nondiscrimination Act (MONA)HJR 100- RedistrictingState Budget BillsHB 2010- Planned Parenthood and nursing home fundingHB 2011- Planned Parenthood fundingHB 2002- Education fundingBills sent to the Governor’s desk
SB 846: Suicide Prevention TrainingHB 2267: Domestic Violence Loophole fixHB 1865: "Guns Everywhere"SB 1101: Red Flag Law
Post-Dispatch OpEd: Bill that benefits utilities comes at the expense of Missourians
Rep. McCann Beatty's response to the State of the State AddressGov. Greitens' State of the State Address
HB 1241 - restores funding to certain healthcare programsHB 1818 - bans lobbyist giftsSB 606 - generators in nursing homesSB 607 - paid family leaveSB 779 - certificate of needSB 787 - senior farmer's market nutrition program
HB 1499 - LARCHB 1246 - Human Trafficking Hotline awarenessSB 739 - leave for victims of domestic violenceSJR 28 - Modifies the Nonpartisan Court PlanNational Human Trafficking Hotline
Senator Jill Schupp, Representative Tracy McCreery, and Representative Deb Lavender are joined by freshman State Representative and newly elected Assistant Minority Leader Crystal Quade from Springfield. The electeds lament the legislature's failure to save in-home health care services for 8,300 low-income seniors and people with disabilities.
Senator Jill Schupp, Representative Tracy McCreery are joined by guests Alison Dreith of NARAL Missouri and M'Evie Mead of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Missouri to discuss the fate of reproductive health care in Missouri after the conclusion of the second special session.
Representative Martha Stevens, of Columbia, is joined by Missouri Rural Crisis Center's Dina Van Der Zalm for a discussion on realities of rural health policy. They cover economics, opioid epidemic, and how to get involved.
The Governor called special session to push controversial utilities legislation. This legislation is weedy and deserved more than rushed debate. Senator Schupp, Representative McCreery, and Representative Lavender sit down to discuss the bill and it's potential implications.
The legislative session has wrapped and here's what you can expect of Heads Up, Missouri! in the interim.
Midweek update on the last week of session featuring: PDMP, circuit breaker, and REAL ID. It gets a little emotional at the end, and we wouldn't have it any other way.
Sens. Curls, Schupp and Reps. Arthur, Lavender, and McCreery give a quick update about the situation in the Senate (particularly around Sen. Schaaf and Gov. Greitens), and then discuss the state of the budget and minimum wage legislation.
Rep. McCreery and Sen. Schupp are joined by Jill Kline and Alex Townsend to discuss industrial hemp, CBD, and diversity in the Democratic Party. If you're in STL and are interested in becoming a long lasting participant in Missouri progressive politics, this episode gives you more information.
Sen. Schupp, Rep. Lavender, and Rep. McCreery discuss the dangerous state of gun legislation in statute and the legislature, the whole litany of conflict of interest legislation (ranging from veterinarian statute of limitation to discrimination tort), and we start on education transfer legislation.
Sen. Schupp discusses the House budget with Reps. Lavender, Arthur, and McCreery. They delve into reproductive rights, how the budget process looks (weedy), and DACA support.
Sens. Kiki Curls, Gina Walsh, and Jill Schupp discuss the petty and mean spirited comments about reproductive rights on a... zoo tax bill, the actual St. Louis zoo, and the prescription drug monitoring program.
This week delves into the budget and public defender funding, PDMP, and Medicaid expansion.
This week, the conversation is centered around the budget - and who it truly impacts, the repeal of the circuit breaker tax cut, paid family medical leave in the executive branch, and charter school legislation
Amanda Good, the Missouri State Director of the Humane Society of the United States, discusses HB 384 and SB 331, the recent history of puppy mill ballot initiatives and legislation, and how these bills impact animal rights.
This week, the officials discuss blocking a minimum wage hike, paid earned family medical leave, the Governor's 501c(4), and the solar eclipse in August
Rod Chapel, the President of the NAACP MO, comes by to talk about SB 43 and HB 552. Sens. Schupp and Curls go into detail about their 12 hour filibuster.
The legislators discuss SB 98, a so-called "bathroom bill", REAL ID, and House education legislation.
Sidney Watson from Saint Louis University joins Sen. Schupp and Rep. McCreery to discuss the impact of SB 28 and what Medicaid, Medicare, and the state of health care looks like in Missouri. For more information or queries, check out Missouri Health Care for All and the SLU Center for Health Law Studies.
There's a full house this episode, with Rep. Gina Mitten joining in on the conversation. Conversation meanders from the impact of budget cuts on the elderly, children, and disabled, what tort reform under the guise of "arbitration" looks like, availability of the executive branch's press secretary, and Rep. Mitten's tampon tax legislation.
This week, the discussion focuses on SB 182, HB 66, SB 28, and what the budget process looks like. The elected officials also break down how to truly make your voice heard in a committee hearing.
Sharon Jones from Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys comes on the show to discuss the dangers of tort "reform" legislation.
Rep. Lavender and Sen. Curls come together to discuss HCR 4 -- raising legislator pay and ethics legislation. Apparently, the Governor thought he needed to involve himself in passing through a house concurrent resolution.
It's the first week of legislative session, and it's already busy.
Two Missouri Senators and three Representatives introduce themselves
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