The Missouri National Education Association (MNEA) is suing the state to stop a $51 million appropriation to MOScholars. It is the state’s K-12 scholarship program that helps send public school students to private schools. The lawsuit argues that the funding—$50...
A wide-ranging child protection bill awaits Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe’s decision. It includes a provision that would ban anyone under 18 years old from getting married, even with a parent’s permission. State Rep. Wendy Hausman, R-St. Peters, co-sponsored the bill. She...
Missouri lawmakers are being summoned back to Jefferson City for a wide-ranging special legislative session. Gov. Mike Kehoe told reporters that three issues will be on the agenda – tax incentives to keep the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals in Missouri, assistance for...
Christopher S. “Kit” Bond has died. The long-time Republican politician died Tuesday in St. Louis at age 86 – no cause of death has been released yet. Bond was first elected State Auditor in 1970, then two years later he was elected governor of Missouri...
A Missouri Senate committee has approved the latest round of appointees submitted by Gov. Mike Kehoe. They include two nominees for the State Board of Education, among them Thomas Prater, a former Springfield City Council member and school board member. State Sen....
