Will this be the year Missouri moves to an open‑enrollment school system? A proposal advancing out of the Missouri Senate Education Committee this week has renewed that debate. Sen. Maggie Nurrenbern, D-Kansas City, told Missourinet that a statewide open‑enrollment...
For the seventh year in a row, Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman, R-Arnold, is sponsoring a plan to end Missouri’s state sales tax on food and phase out local grocery taxes over time. She said the Missouri Constitution states that the state government should not be funded...
A group of Missouri House members wants to create a public registry of repeat domestic violence offenders. One of the bills, HB 3012, is sponsored by Rep. Ann Kelley, R-Lamar, who said the tool is desperately needed in communities to protect against the escalating...
Missouri State Sen. Jill Carter, R-Granby, wants to tighten how voter registration works in the state. Her bill would require election officials to make sure anyone signing up to vote can show proof they’re a U.S. citizen — a change Carter described as leading to...
Missouri House Speaker Pro Tem Chad Perkins, R-Bowling Green, is pushing a bill, that would create a new Missouri Motor Vehicle Commission to handle motor‑vehicle licensing and oversight. Perkins told Missourinet that this was actually the idea of the Missouri Auto...