St. Louis city, Jackson County get OK to challenge controversial gun law
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that St. Louis and Jackson County may challenge the constitutionality of a law…
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Missouri Supreme Court reaffirms ruling on 2015 law capping revenue from court fines
After the 2014 protests in Ferguson, the U.S. Department of Justice found that city’s police department and municipal court had intentionally worked…
Missouri Senate approves record budget, adds $1.2B to House spending
Supporters of the only attempt to add money to the state’s record operating budget during Senate debate Tuesday also complained loudest…
State Senate overwhelmingly approves bill requiring schools test, filter water for lead
Schools in Missouri would be required to test drinking water for lead, and install filters if it’s above safe levels, under a…
Judge orders DHSS to pay Planned Parenthood’s legal fees in license dispute
A Cole County judge denied the state health department’s attempt to relitigate a case stemming from a 2019 licensing dispute…
State budget heads to floor debate with funding for community programs, celebrations, senior centers
Conservative Republican Emory Melton, R-Cassville, a state senator from 1973 to 1997, didn’t like it when new programs with ongoing…
Missouri Republicans push plan to prohibit local eviction moratoriums
Eviction moratoriums designed to keep people in their homes during the pandemic have drawn the ire of Missouri lawmakers, with…
Rep. Price, censured by Missouri House after ethics investigation, balks at order to pay costs
Democratic state Rep. Wiley Price is threatening to sue the Missouri House over a $22,000 penalty incurred as part of…
Federal attempts to legalize marijuana flail, even as public support grows
Across the country, attitudes toward cannabis are becoming more permissive and accepting, but partisan gridlock in Congress virtually ensures that…
State offering $49.5M to settle overtime claims for corrections officers
Missouri is offering Department of Corrections employees routinely shorted on their pay a $49.5 million settlement to drop a lawsuit scheduled for…
Attorney General Schmitt’s budget slashed over COVID lawsuits
A key Missouri legislator upset with Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s aggressive campaign of lawsuits against local governments and school districts cut $500,000…
Jones makes $150 million commitment to north St. Louis, proposes employee raises and paid family leave
In Mayor Tishaura Jones’s first State of the City address, marking a year since her inauguration, she said that despite…
Record Missouri budget grows as Senate adds spending, House works on $1B tax credit plan
Missouri would pay its full share of public school transportation costs for the first time in more than 20 years…
Missouri Senate passes charter funding compromise, moving bill step closer to governor’s desk
A bill that would infuse charter schools with additional state funds is one step closer to becoming law after concerns…
Student literacy bill winning bipartisan support among Missouri lawmakers
What started as a bipartisan effort to improve Missouri’s literacy rates through a children’s book has evolved into legislation that…
Health insurance coverage for children through Medicaid, CHIP helps their mothers, too
When children get health insurance through Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program, known as CHIP, their families benefit, too. That’s what I found through…