A majority of Missouri voters wants to make many abortions legal again, but Republicans could pull out all the stops in the next legislative session. Senate Majority Leader Tony Luetkemeyer, R-Parkville, told Missourinet that Republicans will try to “pull back” on...
The Missouri Senate began debate this week about whether to make it tougher to approve a vote of the people through the initiative petition process. The upper chamber spent several hours Monday and Tuesday debating the proposal. Initiative petitions are a way to...
Missouri is close to expanding Medicaid healthcare coverage to the state’s low-income mothers and their babies. By a vote of 117-26, the Missouri House of Representatives has passed a bipartisan plan that would provide full government-funded healthcare coverage to...
Missouri Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden, R-Columbia, is the sponsor of a bill that has received initial approval in the upper chamber. It would effectively ban lobbyist gifts, in addition to requiring lobbyists to file annual expense reports versus the current...
