Hopes of reversing last year’s vote to ditch the Missouri’s presidential primary were dashed May 11, as gridlock in the Senate forced the issue to be set aside with just a day left before the end of...

A bill that would prohibit any further foreign ownership of Missouri land was passed in the Senate on Monday. The Senate amended a bill from the House to add an emergency clause and expand the definition...

A little over a week into the 2022 Missouri General Assembly and lawmakers are hard at work in Jefferson City trying to pass their sponsored legislation. Among South County legislators, school policy,...

The Mehlville Board of Education started a legislative advocacy committee this year to stay up to date on bills and legislation being considered by the Missouri General Assembly that could affect public...

State representatives Michael O’Donnell and Jim Murphy held a joint town hall at Royale Orleans last month to discuss the highlights and lowlights of the 2021 legislative session from their perspectives. O’Donnell,...

Funding for Medicaid expansion in the Missouri state budget was dealt a final blow by the Senate April 28. That funding had previously failed to gain support in the House. The next step is likely to be...

As the state of Missouri battles its second year of the novel coronavirus’ spread, lawmakers on Wednesday sent to the governor’s desk a bill that aims to rein in local public health orders and ban...

In an historic vote, the Missouri House signed off Tuesday on legislation creating a prescription drug monitoring program — inching one step closer to ending Missouri’s designation as the only state...

Missouri’s 2021 legislative session will be barrier breaking.  The number of women serving is at an all-time high with 52 female lawmakers. It will have the most ever Black lawmakers serving with 25....