U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Mo. 2nd District, is keeping an eye on several issues while she and other members of the U.S. House are back home in their districts this week. The U.S. Senate, meanwhile, is in session and grappling over the stopgap spending bill the House...
One of Governor Mike Kehoe’s top priorities this legislative session, scrapping the state income tax, is getting traction in the Missouri House this week. HJR 173 and HJR 174, two identical resolutions, were heard together on Wednesday by the Missouri House Committee...
Legislation being considered by a Missouri House committee would bar judges from sentencing someone to death in cases where a jury is deadlocked on a sentence. HB 2747 is sponsored by State Rep. Bishop Davidson, R-Republic. “We are one of (two) states that have...
The American Red Cross is pitching in to help people displaced by the winter storm that hit Missouri over the weekend, while Missouri Electric Cooperatives are standing by to help states where ice has cut power to hundreds of thousands of people. Missouri was “very...
A Missouri House committee is considering HB 2498, a bill that would make some changes to the state’s juvenile justice system. One proposed change would allow prosecutors to request a hearing for juveniles who commit certain violent crimes and allow judges to decide...
