Gov. Mike Kehoe, R-Missouri, did have the authority to call last fall’s special legislative session on the state’s new congressional map, according to a Cole County judge. The Missouri State Conference of the NAACP had filed suit, claiming that the September...
Legislation filed in the Missouri House would allow cities to create “innovation zones,” with the purpose of spurring economic growth. The sponsor of HB 3231, State Rep. Brad Christ, R-St. Louis County, explained his bill during a Zoom call with reporters Friday. “The...
An initiative to build age-friendly communities in Missouri has been officially launched as part of the state’s Master Plan on Aging. Mindy Ulstad, Chief of the Bureau of Senior Programs with the Department of Health and Senior Services, tells Missourinet just...
U.S. Rep. Wesley Bell, D-Mo. 1st District, is co-sponsoring bipartisan legislation that would create regional defense hubs across the country. He told Missourinet the bill would serve as job creators for the regions where they’re awarded. “These hubs would...
A clash broke out Thursday at a U.S. Senate committee hearing between U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison over fraudulent activity within the nonprofit group Feeding our Future. Hawley accused Ellison, a Democrat, of trying...