Budget, Medicaid funding could dominate final weeks of Missouri legislative session
Missouri lawmakers returned Monday to the Capitol with a long list of policy priorities still in flux and only eight weeks to get it all done before the legisl…
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Missouri lawmakers returned Monday to the Capitol with a long list of policy priorities still in flux and only eight weeks to get it all done before the legisl…
Missouri's backlog of Medicaid applications dropped in February, but the average time it took to determine eligibility for them continued to exceed the federal…
Despite setbacks in both the House and Senate leading up to legislative spring break, proponents of bills seeking to end Missouri's practice of seizing Social …
As Republican strength in Missouri has grown – no non-incumbent Democrat has won election statewide since 2008 – Republicans increasingly view a primary nomina…
Organizations representing homeschool families raised concerns about state legislation debated Monday seeking to expand a tax credit program that helps pay for…
So far this year, state Rep. Mazzie Christensen has filed 11 bills, ranging from changes to statewide education and public health policy to narrow legislation …
In his final address to a joint session of the Missouri General Assembly, Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday pointed to outlawing abortion, increasing infrastructur…
A bill to allow home-educated students to participate in Missouri public school activities is back for the upcoming legislative session -- and has been coupled…
A wide-ranging bill passed by the state legislature last year banning sleeping on public land was struck down Tuesday by the Missouri Supreme Court for violati…
Around 27,000 Missourians who rely on a federal nutrition program for infants, young children, and pregnant and breastfeeding mothers could see benefits elimin…