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.
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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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The Missouri House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that would allow students to transfer to surrounding school districts.
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The Missouri General Assembly has only been in session for a few weeks now and that short time has been marked by infighting among the Republican supermajority.
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State Senate Republican leaders held a news conference Tuesday to talk about the rest of the session.
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A Columbia nurse and union member says he’s running for Missouri’s 50th House District to make sure it stays in Democratic hands.
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The Missouri House of Representatives is getting an early start on outlining the state’s budget a month before the state of the 2024 legislative session.
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The Missouri Senate wants to expand Interstate 70 from border to border.
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The Missouri legislature must pass a budget by 6 p.m. Friday.
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A white man in his 80s was charged Monday for allegedly shooting a Black teen boy twice when he went to the wrong house last Thursday.
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A Missouri lawmaker wants to create rules for selling a type of THC derived from hemp that is being sold in stores statewide.
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A Columbia businessman and experienced political campaigner said Monday that he’s exploring whether he’s the person to keep Boone County’s state Senate seat in Republican hands
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A top Missouri Senate leader who represents Boone County says language approved by the House in budget bills prohibiting diversity, equity and inclusion in government spending won’t make it through the Senate.
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