Senate Majority Leader Cindy O’Laughlin, R-Shelbina, is not happy that the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) is requiring private electric utility companies to move residential customers to time-based rates. She calls out Chairman Scott Rupp and says that...
Following the news that the Independence School District near Kansas City became the largest in the state to move to a four-day school week, lawmakers have been working behind the scenes to go back to a traditional five-day academic week. State Sen. Doug Beck, a...
Missouri Senate Republicans have elected the first woman to serve as second-in-command in the upper chamber. Sen. Cindy O’Laughlin, R-Shelbina, has been chosen to serve as majority floor leader in the next legislative session, in charge of deciding which bills will...
The National College Attainment Network says Missouri high school graduates missed out on $71.3 million in Pell grants in 2021 because they did not complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as the FAFSA. The FAFSA is used to consider eligibility for...
The chair of the Missouri Senate Education Committee is proposing a bill that could shut down some underperforming K-12 public schools. Sen. Cindy O’Laughlin, R-Shelbina, is targeting any Missouri public school performing within the bottom five percent of schools for...
