The state House’s budget includes language that would keep money from going to any organization that provides abortions. Planned Parenthood is the only such organization in Missouri. The state Senate begins work on that proposal Tuesday. Senate Budget Chairman...
Whether the legislature will propose a ban on or restriction of gifts from lobbyists to legislators could be decided in the next few weeks. The House proposed a total ban on gifts from lawmakers to lobbyists. That bill ran into resistance in the Senate, and House...
The state Senate’s budget chairman doesn’t expect work on the budget to be affected, even if Senate Democrats continue to slow the pace of work in that chamber. Democrats have been controlling the pace after Republicans forced a vote on a proposed same-sex...