You may listen to the podcast on the KMOX website by following this link. Mr. Hunter emphasized the standard for proving discrimination in employment and housing cases contained in SB 43 is the “motivating factor”- the same standard observed in federal courts in Missouri and the same standard used in state courts from 1984 to 2007. That year, the Missouri Supreme Court changed the standard, without legislative authority, to a “contributing factor” standard. This essentially s

By Ray McCarty, President and CEO, Associated Industries of Missouri We received a call Tuesday, August 1, from a CBS Evening News producer wanting to do a story on Senate Bill 43, the employment law reform bill we helped pass in the last legislative session. Specifically, the producer said the story was on the NAACP’s travel advisory. We agreed to be interviewed by them and they brought a very professional crew into our offices. Ms. Jericka Duncan, an Emmy-nominated CBS News