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A look at how Missouri will spend $27.8 billion, should Gov. Greitens approve
Missouri’s state budget for the 2018 fiscal year arrived at Governor Eric Greitens’ desk late Thursday night — several hours ahead of the deadline, despite → Read More
A look at how Missouri will spend $27.8 billion, should Gov. Greitens approve
Missouri’s state budget for the 2018 fiscal year arrived at Governor Eric Greitens’ desk late Thursday night — several hours ahead of the deadline, despite → Read More
Another restriction on Missouri's labor unions heads to Gov. Greitens; other bills head to House
Missouri legislators began churning through bills Thursday, including one now headed to Gov. Eric Greitens that bans forcing public works projects to use → Read More
Missouri lawmakers may miss May 5 budget deadline, raising possibility of special session
The Missouri Senate’s budget committee relinquished all 13 bills to the main chamber Thursday night, choosing not to make specific cuts or increases to → Read More
What the Missouri Senate budget committee did this week
Updated 4:30 p.m. with specific date by which federal crime victims money must be used — Missouri legislators have three weeks left to get the state’s $27 → Read More
Senate Republicans pushing wide-ranging Missouri education bill
Republicans hope the omnibus education bill in front of the Senate will take care of major priorities for Gov. Eric Greitens’ and themselves. → Read More
Missouri House passes $27.8B state budget that fully funds schools; Senate expects that to change
Missouri’s budget for the next fiscal year has cleared its second major hurdle, but the next one won’t be quite so easy. The House passed all 13 budget → Read More
State auditor: Missouri misspends a small portion of federal money
Of the $8.4 billion in federal money Missouri saw last fiscal year, a small portion of that was spent in a questionable fashion, Auditor Nicole Galloway → Read More
House passes Real ID, prevailing wage; Senate delays minimum wage debate
On a day that looked like it might be a busy one for the Missouri Senate, lawmakers adjourned Thursday without taking a final vote on banning cities and → Read More
UM System curator appointees poised for Senate confirmation
Gov. Eric Greitens’ three nominees for the University of Missouri System’s Board of Curators skated through a Senate committee hearing on Wednesday. Darryl → Read More
Greitens gives media 30 minutes of unfettered questioning for AP Day; other state leaders speak
Republican Gov. Eric Greitens’ relationship with the media has had its ups and downs. Greitens has willingly answered questions from reporters, provided → Read More
Missouri NAACP leader again speaks out against workplace discrimination bills
Two weeks after Missouri NAACP President Nimrod Chapel was silenced by a House Republican committee chairman on bills he believes are discriminatory, he → Read More
Missouri Republicans battle themselves over Real ID requirement measures
Both chambers of the Missouri General Assembly are working on versions of a bill this week that will bring the state into compliance with a federal law → Read More
Missouri House moves on another labor union restriction; hair-braiding, police safety bills advance
Thursday was a busy day for the Missouri House, which passed four bills, including another piece of the GOP’s labor-union reform agenda. The House also → Read More
House Democrat advocates for cutting taxes on feminine hygiene products
A St. Louis-area Democrat is taking another crack at rolling back taxes on feminine hygiene products. Rep. Gina Mitten sponsored a similar bill last → Read More
Missouri House passes public-sector union bill, part of GOP's broad union agenda
Republicans in the Missouri House are moving on to other labor union regulations a week after the right-to-work legislation passed. Under the measure that → Read More
Missouri officials' next step: Deciding how to pay for voter ID law
A majority of Missouri residents said they wanted voters to have to show a photo ID at the polls, and lawmakers obliged. Now, state officials must figure → Read More