In this week's episode, Editor Gary Castor chats with Miranda Bakes about bringing Safe Haven Baby Boxes to mid-Missouri.
Bakes, who is part of a task force working to implement these boxes, explains that they are climate-controlled receptacles installed in designated safe locations like EMS stations, allowing parents in crisis to anonymously and safely surrender newborns up to 45 days old under current Missouri law. She discusses proposed legislation that would extend this period to 90 days and highlights the resources offered by the Safe Haven Baby Box organization to support parents.
In this week's episode, Editor Gary Castor chats with Rep. Rudy Veit, R-Wardsville, about priorities for the legislative session beginning Jan. 3.
In this week's episode, Editor Gary Castor chats with Jon Nelson, state highway safety and traffic engineer, about Missouri's Hands-Free driving law that took...
In this week's episode, Managing Editor Gary Castor and Opinion Page Editor Gerry Tritz chat about the process of the News Tribune's opinion page.