Gov. Mike Parson’s budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year is nearly $53 billion, about $1 billion higher than the current budget. Sen. Lincoln Hough, R-Springfield, is the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. The panel reviews the governor’s budget...
The shovels could come out soon to mark the start of widening Interstate-70 in Missouri. The state legislature has passed a state operating budget proposal that would designate $2.8 billion to widen Interstate-70 to at least three lanes in both directions from Blue...
Does national security trump personal property rights if it relates to adversaries like China or North Korea? That was the debate last night in the state Senate over a package about foreign ownership of land. Under the latest version, a foreign entity would be banned...
The Missouri Legislature has passed an extra spending bill for the current state budget year. Gov. Mike Parson requested the midyear funding. The plan would cost taxpayers an additional $627 million. It primarily includes an 8.7% pay increase for all of Missouri’s...
Missouri’s first responders see things that can be difficult to un-see. Alisa Nelson talks to Springfield area State Senator Lincoln Hough, who is proposing a bill that would give them greater access to mental health services when needed. (LISTEN 8:30)
