The Missouri Legislature has two weeks left in its regular session and a top priority affecting the state’s families and workforce hangs in the balance. Gov. Mike Kehoe and several other lawmakers in both parties want to pass a childcare tax credit package this...
Missouri’s new paid sick leave requirements have begun but the fight to change those requirements is not over this legislative session. From mid to late April, State Senate Democrats successfully blocked two attempted votes on a bill that would roll back the paid sick...
The Missouri House of Representatives has a new leader – Republican Jonathan Patterson of Lee’s Summit. Alisa Nelson talks with him about life in South Korea, then in Blue Springs, and now in the Missouri Capitol.
The first regular session of the 103rd General Assembly began Wednesday. History was made in the Missouri House and Senate on the first day. For the first time, the state Senate has chosen a woman to serve as its top leader. Sen. Cindy O’Laughlin, R-Shelbina, is the...
