Republican files paperwork to run for 19th Senate District
Republicans nominated a Columbia business owner to run for a Boone County Senate district at their meeting Tuesday night.
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Parson asks state office not to pay defamation judgments against state senators
Gov. Mike Parson is asking the Missouri Office of Administration not to use state money to pay for any judgments against three state senators accused of defaming a man in the Kansas City Super Bowl parade shooting.
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Missouri candidate with ties to the KKK can stay on the Republican ballot, judge rules
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge has ruled that a longshot gubernatorial candidate with ties to the Ku Klux Klan can stay on the Republican ticket. Cole County Circuit Court Judge Cotton Walker on Friday ruled against a request by the Missouri GOP to kick Darrell McClanahan off
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Missouri Senate adjourns early on last day of session; 46 bills passed this year
After a turbulent legislative session, the Missouri Senate decided to end its last day as soon as possible.
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GOP fighting, 50-hour Democratic filibuster kill push to make amending Missouri Constitution harder
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Republican lawmakers have failed to pass a proposal to make it harder to amend the state constitution. The GOP-led Legislature adjourned Friday without passing the legislation. Some Republicans had hoped to put the measure on the August ballot, so voters could enact the higher
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Lawmakers attempt to push bills on last day of the legislative Session
Lawmakers have until 6 p.m. Friday to pass any bills before the end of the legislative session.
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Initiative petition reform still in limbo with one day left in legislative session
Lawmakers have less two working days left to get their final priorities across the finish line before the end of the legislative session.
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Sponsor hopes to hammer out differences in House, Senate initiative petition reform after record filibuster
The Missouri Senate passed 50 hours of filibuster Wednesday afternoon, after already breaking the record for the longest filibuster earlier in the day.
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Missouri lawmakers renew crucial $4B Medicaid tax program
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers have approved a more than $4 billion hospital tax program essential to the state’s Medicaid budget. The GOP-led House on Wednesday renewed the program, which for months has been used by a Republican faction as a bargaining tool. The heart of the program
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Missouri Democrats’ filibuster breaks the state record in attempt to block initiative petition reform
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A filibuster from Missouri Democrats past the 41-hour mark on Wednesday morning, as they continued to block Republicans in the Missouri Senate from passing legislation that would make it harder for voters to amend the state constitution. Currently, initiative petitions only need a simple majority of more than 50% to pass. However,
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Missouri budget bill includes funds for AI weapon detection systems in schools
The Missouri legislatures passed a $51 billion fiscal 2025 state budget Friday, including funding to implement firearm detection software in schools.
Continue Reading Missouri legislature passes $51 billion state budget Friday afternoon
Missouri House lawmakers began discussing and debating the state budget Friday with just hours to get it on the governor’s desk.
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should Missouri’s attorney general defend three state senators against defamation?
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson made known his feelings Thursday about the misinformation spread on social media about a Kansas man after a deadly shooting at the end of the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade.
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Missouri Senate passes state budget Thursday evening; final vote from House needed
The Missouri Senate started debating the Missouri state budget Thursday morning with just over 24 hours left before the budget is due on the governor’s desk.
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Planned Parenthood considering legal options after governor signs bill to block MoHealthNet funds
Money from Missouri’s Medicaid program, MoHealthNet, can no longer go to abortion providers or their affiliates.
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Parson on KC parade shooting defamation suit: ‘We are not going to target innocent people’
Gov. Mike Parson said Monday that a man falsely accused by politicians on social media of being a shooter at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade was an innocent man who was unfairly targeted.
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Missouri’s GOP Gov. Parson signs bill to kick Planned Parenthood off Medicaid
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican Gov. Mike Parson has signed a bill to once again try to kick Planned Parenthood out of the state’s Medicaid program. Parson signed the legislation Thursday in his Jefferson City Capitol office. According to Planned Parenthood, only Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas have successfully
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Is the Missouri Senate dysfunctional?
Another legislative session, another down-to-the-wire budget process.
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State budget in limbo as deadline approaches
Editor’s note: Time elements of this story have been updated. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) About $50 billion hangs in the balance as lawmakers are approaching the deadline to get the state budget on the governor’s desk. Approval of the more-than $50 million budget needs to be approved by 6 p.m. Friday Even though lawmakers started
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Governor signs bill allowing charter schools in Boone County, raising teacher salaries
Gov. Mike Parson signed a bill Tuesday that includes allowing charter schools in Boone County and raising public school teacher salaries among its provisions.
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