Hopes dwindle that Missouri lawmakers will extend postpartum care for new mothers
A bipartisan proposal to extend postpartum care for low-income women in Missouri to a full year after they’ve given birth…
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Missouri House passes new congressional redistricting plan
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — With time running short, the Missouri House passed on Monday a newly proposed map for the…
Voter ID requirement, absentee ballot changes clear Missouri Senate
The Missouri Senate passed a wide-ranging elections bill Monday that would enact a photo ID requirement to vote as well as create…
Move to decriminalize fentanyl drug testing strips gains no traction in Missouri legislature
Even as the spread of synthetic opioids such as fentanyl has brought a stunning rise in drug overdose deaths, a…
Proposed changes to Missouri Sunshine Law would conceal more records, raise fees
An expansive set of proposed changes to Missouri’s open records law backed by Gov. Mike Parson has transparency advocates alarmed…
Judge dismisses Missouri AG’s mask lawsuit against St. Charles school district
A St. Charles County Circuit Court judge dismissed Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s lawsuit Thursday against the local school district’s now-rescinded…
Missouri lawmakers finish record $49 billion state budget hours before deadline
The largest budget in Missouri history passed with relative ease Friday, in part because the final version was larger than…
Vote on abortion rights planned in U.S. Senate next week; likely to fall short
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will force a vote next week on a bill to codify abortion protections, following…
‘Something for everyone’: Final votes coming for record-setting Missouri budget
A record state operating budget that a top legislative Republican said “has a little bit of something for everyone” is heading for…
Missouri Senate on track to pass voter photo ID requirement
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri senators took another step toward requiring photo identification at the polls as the deadline for…
Kansas abortion rights battle will affect the many Missourians who cross state line
The stakes for the August vote over a Kansas constitutional amendment on abortion access were made clear by the leak of…
Bipartisan literacy bill grows to include open school enrollment
A bipartisan bill aimed at improving student literacy morphed into an omnibus education package after it was passed out of…
Missouri lawmakers make last-minute push to keep courts from redrawing congressional districts
Missouri lawmakers will try one more time before they adjourn for the year to reach agreement on a new Congressional redistricting…
Appeals court rejects lawsuit challenging Missouri marijuana license caps
Missouri’s constitution gave state regulators the authority to limit the number of licenses issued to grow and sell medical marijuana,…
VP Harris blasts draft Supreme Court decision
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is blasting the draft U.S. Supreme Court decision that would overturn federal abortion rights.…
GOP eyes amending Missouri constitution to ensure no right to abortion exists post-Roe
If a draft U.S. Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade holds true, nearly all abortions in Missouri would become illegal. But…