Judge denies bid to keep Boone County Republican off state Senate primary ballot
The Democratic candidate for Missouri 19th Senate District filed a lawsuit this week to keep his Republican opponent off the ballot.
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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.
Continue ReadingParson 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 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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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
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: Is the Missouri Senate dysfunctional?
Another legislative session, another down-to-the-wire budget process.
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should Missouri change how voters amend the constitution?
The House and Senate have each passed bills that would make it harder to change the state constitution through a vote of the people. Republicans who support the change say it will help keep outside interests from influencing Missouri’s elections.
Continue Reading Missouri’s GOP lawmakers vote to kick Planned Parenthood off Medicaid
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature has passed a bill to ban Medicaid funding from going to Planned Parenthood. The GOP-controlled House on Wednesday voted 106-48 to send the proposal to Republican Gov. Mike Parson. Parson’s spokesman didn’t immediately respond to an Associated Press request for comment Wednesday.
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Reproductive issues top-of-mind in Missouri as elections approach
Abortion and reproductive issues have become a battleground in the 2024 elections, including in Missouri.
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Missouri House Budget Committee approves $2.2 million for southern border
The governor’s funding plan to send National Guard soldiers to the country’s southern border has received initial approval.
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Anti-abortion advocates push for initiative petition reform
Bills that aim to make it harder for Missourians to amend the constitution are advancing in both the Missouri House of Representatives and the Missouri Senate.
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Missouri Freedom Caucus deletes posts erroneously blaming Kansas City shooting on illegal immigration
Several Missouri state senators shared now-deleted social media posts claiming a man arrested at the Kansas City Super Bowl parade was an illegal immigrant.
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Missouri House votes to ban celebratory gunfire days after Chiefs’ parade shooting
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican-led House has passed a ban on celebratory gunfire in cities less than a week after a deadly shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade. The bipartisan-supported bill passed Monday after a tearful and confrontational debate between Republicans and Democrats over the best
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Bill aimed at deterring catalytic converter thefts approved by Missouri House committee
The Missouri House of Representatives Committee on Emerging Issues approved a bill Wednesday that aims to deter catalytic converter thieves by ruining their market.
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While Chiefs head to Super Bowl, Missouri loses out on sports betting revenue
Bets placed on this year’s Super Bowl are expected to set records. Despite Missouri’s football team playing in the game, the state will not reap any of the benefits from sports betting.
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Open school enrollment gets House approval, heads to Senate
The Missouri House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that would allow students to transfer to surrounding school districts.
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