JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – After a day of anticipation, the expected vote on SJR 39 in the House Emerging Issues Committee Wednesday night fizzled at…
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Sen. David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, is celebrating a recent study that indicates college students are perhaps the next focus group for train…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — LGBT activists and allies rallied in the capitol Wednesday morning for their annual Equality Day as a House committee is expected…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Southeast Missouri is suffering. In February, when the Noranda aluminum smelter in New Madrid closed, it sent shockwaves through the state,…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A heavily amended version of the Missouri Compassionate Care Act, which would legalize medical marijuana in Missouri if approved by voters…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Democratic Minority Leader Jacob Hummel tried to add a gas tax bill as an amendment to another transportation bill Tuesday morning,…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Provisions to renew agriculture tax credit programs advanced in the House Thursday, passing unanimously through the Select Committee on Agriculture, and…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Budget Project is hoping Tuesday’s House vote will create momentum for the state’s Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). “We…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The House debated and passed two education bills, SBs 586 and 651, Tuesday morning that some Democrats argued lower the ability…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The first of two “stand your ground” measures has been heard in a House committee. Rep. Rick Brattin, R-Harrisonville, presented HB…