There will be a new Number Two in the Missouri Senate next month. Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer, R-Parkville, was selected by his GOP colleagues to take over as Majority Floor Leader. It’s a powerful position, as he’ll get to decide which bills reach the Missouri Senate floor...
First, he was a Christian rock artist, then he became a politician in the Missouri Capitol. For outgoing Sen. Caleb Rowden, R-Columbia, he looks back on his time in Jefferson City fondly. “We’ve done a lot of real big Republican things,” he told Missourinet....
A state lawmaker who has made it her mission to advocate for foster children says her greatest life accomplishment came as a result of serving in the Missouri House. Alisa Nelson talks to State Representative Hannah Kelly, who is serving her final year in the...
The filibuster is over. The Missouri Senate has given initial approval to a hospital tax bill to help pay for Missouri’s Medicaid costs. Members of the far-right leaning Freedom Caucus spent just over 40 hours Tuesday through Wednesday holding up the federal...
Missouri could enact legislation that would educate students in grades 6 through 12 about the “dehumanization that minority groups have experienced.” The bill is based around the story of Celia, a slave who was given the death penalty in the mid-1800s after defending...
