Rounding out the final week of what has been a contentious 2024 legislative session is legislation that would make it tougher for voters to change the state constitution. The proposed vote of the people from Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman, R-Arnold, would require a...
The state Senate recently passed a wide-ranging education bill. The main part of the bill would modify the Missouri Empowerment Accounts Program, to expand accessibility to private schooling for students across Missouri. Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden,...
The Missouri House of Representatives has passed today an effort to ask the state’s voters whether changes to the Missouri Constitution should pass with 60% of the vote instead of the current 50% minimum. The measure is a top priority this year for Republicans. State...
The Missouri Legislature passed a budget last year to help increase K-12 public school teacher pay. Lawmakers will be asked again this year to boost those salaries but getting a raise could be based on performance. Missouri’s two top Republican leaders in the...
The governor has called a special legislative session to extend a key funding mechanism for Missouri’s Medicaid program, warning that failure to extend the FRA would cost Missouri about $591 million in fiscal year 2022. The FRA is the state’s Federal...
