It took nine hours and a bevy of impassioned speeches on health care, but the Missouri Senate ultimately passed its package of budget bills for FY 2022.
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All eyes are on the budget as session nears its end, with the upper chamber set to consider more than $34 billion in appropriations this week.
It’s difficult to remember all the nuances in the budget process from session to session so we brought you the rundown so you know what will be happening in the coming days.
"Frankly, it isn’t about me — it’s about the people that I’ve been able to pull around me to get things done."
Bills meant to reform eminent domain policies aimed at the Grain Belt Express project drew a crowd of supporters to the statehouse Wednesday.
Rick Roeber is only the second member of the Missouri House to be expelled.
Last week, Gov. Mike Parson asked for David Steelman’s help in the transition of the University of Missouri System Board of Curators.
House members used a rare procedural move to strip a bill barring discrimination based on a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity from the House Children and Families Committee this week.
Dr. Randall Williams resigned as Missouri’s Department of Health and Senior Services director Tuesday.
“The State of Missouri has failed these children for over 20 years. Although this Committee cannot change the past, this Committee can provide a clear record of Respondent’s abusive conduct.”