A proposal that would stiffen penalties for “celebratory gunfire” is returning to the Missouri Legislature. It’s part of a wide-ranging crime package a Senate committee has passed. The provision from Sen. Greg Razer, D-Kansas City, would make it a class A...
All of Gov. Mike Parson’s vetoes this year are intact. The Missouri legislature met Wednesday for their annual veto session, with the House voting to override 11 of the governor’s line-item vetoes made to this year’s state budget. But the Missouri...
Gov. Mike Parson thinks now is not the right time to study whether turning U.S. Highway 36 across northern Missouri into Interstate 72 makes financial sense. Parson vetoed the $2.5 million state funding request for the study, saying lawmakers saw a large budget and...
With the stroke of his veto pen, Gov. Mike Parson has slashed more than $555 million in the new $51 billion state budget. Some of the items vetoed include: •$28 million for some Interstate 44 improvements •$25 million of $50 million assigned for Close the Gap grants...
