The Missouri Legislature has passed its second bill of the session – a controversial education package. It would expand access to private schooling, allow Boone County to open charter schools, increase the minimum teacher salary, and restrict four-day school weeks,...
In previous years, a bill that would regulate kratom has been held up in the Missouri Senate and vetoed by the governor. Now, state Representative Phil Christofanelli, R-St. Peters, has started from scratch and hopes to get his bill passed in these final four weeks of...
Last week, state Sen. President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden, R-Columbia, said the odds are not good on a sports betting bill passing in the Senate this session. This week, state Rep. Dan Houx, R-Warrensburg, signaled that there might be a breakthrough soon. Houx and Sen....
Missouri’s K-12 public schools could be banned from teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity. State Representative Ann Kelley, R-Lamar, is sponsoring a bill that she says is modeled after Florida’s law. The Missouri House Committee on Elementary and...
Gov. Mike Parson has signed two school choice bills into law today. HB 349 will let donors provide scholarships to students to attend a private Missouri K-12 school. In return, they would get state tax credits. The scholarships can also be used to cover homeschooling...