The Missouri Senate began debate this week about whether to make it tougher to approve a vote of the people through the initiative petition process. The upper chamber spent several hours Monday and Tuesday debating the proposal. Initiative petitions are a way to...
A Missouri Senate committee approved a bill that would limit the rate inmates pay to make phone calls. The bill from Sen. Steven Roberts, D-St. Louis, proposed a cap on what Missouri prisons and jails can charge. “All human beings are anchored in life through our...
The Missouri Senate could debate this week whether to make it tougher to approve a vote of the people. The Missouri Freedom Caucus, a small faction of Republican lawmakers, spent the first month of the legislative session holding up business until their priorities...
The state senate debated a bill that would stop state fund from going to Planned Parenthood or other abortion providers in Missouri. The proposal to deny reimbursements from MO HealthNet comes while money stopped going to Planned Parenthood about two years ago. Rep....
The Missouri Senate is considering a bill led by Majority Floor Leader Cindy O’Laughlin, R-Shelbina, that would protect Missouri’s power grid. Under the bill, if a utility company closes a power plant, the company would be required to find another energy...
