JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri House Majority Floor Leader John Diehl, R-St. Louis, warned members veto session could last through Friday of next week, as prepare lawmakers head back to the state Capitol next Wednesday. When they convene on Wednesday…
COLUMBIA, Mo. — A week before state legislators return to the Capitol for the annual veto session, Gov. Jay Nixon joined Missouri health care advocates to highlight their opposition to a bill that was originally designed to prevent sales of…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — When lawmakers return to the state Capitol next week for a veto session, they will do so with a full plate: Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed nearly three dozen measures this summer, including a controversial bill…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander announced Tuesday that his office would conduct a recount of the close vote by which voters passed the controversial “right to farm” amendment to the state’s constitution earlier this month.…
A Republican state senator from Cassville who was a sponsor of a bill extending the waiting period for abortions said he was “deeply disappointed” by Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of the measure. “Serious elected officials remember that unborn children are…
JOPLIN, Mo. – Operators of local tanning salons do not think they will be affected by a new state law that will regulate the ability of minors to use tanning beds. The law, signed last week by Gov. Jay Nixon, requires…
Attorney General Chris Koster weighed in to Missouri’s controversial death penalty debate on Thursday, calling on the General Assembly to fund a lab for the state to produce its own execution drugs. Koster – the leading Democratic prospect for governor…
Republican House Speaker Tim Jones fired back Wednesday to claims made by Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon that the legislature went on a “special interest spending spree” on the final day of session. That day, lawmakers passed eight bills that included…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri legislative leaders on Friday claimed big victories in addressing the school transfers crisis and reforming the state’s criminal code, as they headed home for an election year summer. At 6 p.m., the legislature adjourned sine…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The prospects of expanding Medicaid in Missouri appear dead in the final week of the legislative session. On Wednesday, Sen. Ryan Silvey, R-Kansas City, briefly introduced his Medicaid expansion and reform bill on the Senate floor,…