JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A committee of Missouri House and Senate members say communication with Capitol Police has been an issue. The lawmakers met Thursday as the Joint Committee on Capitol Security with Gov.-elect Mike Kehoe’s inauguration just days away. Members told ABC 17 News on Friday that they are concerned about Capitol security in
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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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Republicans nominated a Columbia business owner to run for a Boone County Senate district at their meeting Tuesday night.
Continue ReadingGov. 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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After a turbulent legislative session, the Missouri Senate decided to end its last day as soon as possible.
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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 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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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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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 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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Another legislative session, another down-to-the-wire budget process.
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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 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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Abortion and reproductive issues have become a battleground in the 2024 elections, including in Missouri.
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The governor’s funding plan to send National Guard soldiers to the country’s southern border has received initial approval.
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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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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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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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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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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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