Parson to visit Columbia on tax cut pitch tour
Gov. Mike Parson will visit Columbia on Thursday to pitch his plans for a special session to cut taxes.
Continue ReadingGov. Mike Parson will visit Columbia on Thursday to pitch his plans for a special session to cut taxes.
Continue ReadingMissouri Gov. Mike Parson will bring legislators back to the Capitol after Labor Day to take up more than $700 million in annual income tax cuts.
Continue ReadingGov. Mike Parson said Tuesday that more details about his call for a special session to take up tax cuts will come out next week.
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — President Joe Biden has approved Missouri’s request for a federal disaster declaration in response to severe flooding that hit St. Louis last month. Biden’s Monday decision makes St. Louis-area residents eligible for federal help with temporary housing, home repairs and some health care. Applicants can also get counseling and disaster-related unemployment
Continue ReadingGovernor Parson is set to address the first meeting of Missouri’s Drought Assessment Committee Thursday at 10:00 a.m., at the Lewis and Clark State Office Building.
Continue ReadingOver half of Missouri is in a drought, and one the state’s biggest industries, agriculture, is suffering the most.
Continue ReadingGov. Mike Parson signed an executive order to put emergency drought response into action.
Continue ReadingThe Democratic leaders in Missouri’s House and Senate called on Gov. Mike Parson to include legislation clarifying the state’s abortion ban in a special session.
Continue ReadingThe governor held a news conference Friday afternoon to talk about budget actions he took this week, including the veto of $500 million in federal COVID-19 stimulus funds meant for a means-tested tax rebate. That measure didn’t go far enough, Parson said.
Continue ReadingGov. Mike Parson signed a bill Wednesday that will make changes to Missouri election law. Among them is a requirement that voters show a valid government photo ID.
Continue ReadingGov. Mike Parson signed several bills in a ceremony in the governor’s office Wednesday afternoon, including one that makes changes to Missouri’s elections.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Michael Parson is set to hold a bill signing ceremony Tuesday. There are nearly 70 bills still waiting for the governor’s signature, according to the Missouri Senate’s website. Gov. Parson’s office said bill sponsors and other legislative leaders have been invited to the bill signing ceremony. Of the bills the governor could sign,
Continue ReadingMerely days before the deadline for local election clerks to create ballots for the August primary election, Gov. Mike Parson signed the bill creating Missouri’s new congressional districts Wednesday.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The first Black woman to serve as a judge on the Missouri Supreme Court was formally be sworn in on Tuesday morning. An investiture ceremony to give the oath of office to Judge Robin Ransom occurred at the Missouri Supreme Court building in Jefferson City. Gov. Mike Parson appointed Ransom to
Continue ReadingThe Missouri legislature was able to tout a few accomplishments in this year’s regular session, but several bills that were priorities for some members failed to pass.
Continue ReadingGov. Mike Parson said Friday that he’s ready to sign a bill authorizing a new congressional map once it hits his desk.
Continue ReadingThe state of Missouri has taken multiple actions over the last nearly 15 years through the state legislature to end abortions.
Continue ReadingThe state of Missouri has limited the amount of coronavirus case information it publishes compared to earlier periods of the pandemic.
Continue ReadingThe Department of Health and Senior Services’ new coronavirus dashboard is now in use for Missourians as the state is now considered in an endemic phase.
Continue ReadingMissouri Gov. Mike Parson said Thursday that Missouri is entering the endemic phase of its battle against COVID-19.
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