A Missouri Senate committee debated a bill that would ban school districts from discussing any topic or curriculum “similar to critical race theory or the 1619 Project" on March 5.
Last year, bills...
By Jason Hancock, Missouri Independent
• May 15, 2023
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...
By Emma Murphy, Missouri Independent
• April 20, 2023
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...
By Camden Doherty, Missouri Independent
• April 12, 2023
The Missouri Senate passed two separate tax relief bills Thursday as part of a bipartisan compromise effort.
SB 143, sponsored by Sen. Doug Beck, D-Affton, is a combination of tax credits and exemptions...
By Clara Bates, The Missouri Independent
• March 23, 2023
Missouri is one of just 13 states that levies a sales tax on grocery food items.
Citing the hefty burden on low-income shoppers and rising cost of food, several other states have moved to reduce the...
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...
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...
Rep. Mary Elizabeth Coleman, R-Arnold, has set her sights on Missouri’s upper chamber, announcing last month that she will be running for state Senate in 2022.
It is not yet known exactly what Senate...
The Missouri Senate on March 4 passed Senate Bill 22 sponsored by Sen. Andrew Koenig, R-Manchester, which reforms tax-increment financing in flood plains.
To qualify for TIF, the development project must...
