Sarah Kellogg

1 week ago | kcur.org | Sarah Kellogg

Missouri lawmakers will be returning to Jefferson City on Monday for a special session focused on a trio of issues. Gov. Mike Kehoe announced Tuesday the legislature will meet to address storm relief, including a response to the recent tornado in St. Louis, a plan to keep the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals in Missouri and to reconsider some projects,like a new mental health hospital, that failed to get funding in the just completed session.

3 weeks ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Sarah Kellogg

last-minute bill that would have allowed the state to help fund new stadiums or stadium improvements for professional football and baseball teams, failed to pass in the final week of session. The bill passed the House, but did not make it through the Senate. The legislation is a response to a bill passed by the Kansas state legislature that offered hundreds of millions of dollars to convince the Royals and Chiefs to move across the border. Gov.

3 weeks ago | nprillinois.org | Jason Rosenbaum |Evy Lewis |Sarah Kellogg

Missouri Senate Republicans voted Wednesday to ask voters to again ban most abortions. Republicans stopped a Democratic filibuster with a rarely used parliamentary maneuver to pass a ballot item that would repeal protections for abortion rights that voters approved last year. Senate Republicans used what's known as the "previous question" to end a filibuster to counteract two measures Missouri voters backed last year.

3 weeks ago | kbia.org | Evy Lewis |Sarah Kellogg

After sending a final 11 bills to the governor's desk, the Missouri House adjourned Thursday, bringing an end to the 2025 legislative session. What had been an unusually productive and cooperative session fell into disarray in its final week. The failure of the House to pass the part of the state annual budget covering capital improvement projects led to House bills being roadblocked and filibustered in the Senate.

3 weeks ago | kcur.org | Sarah Kellogg |Jason Rosenbaum |Evy Lewis

Missouri Senate Republicans voted Wednesday to repeal portions of a voter-approved law that allowed employees to earn paid sick leave and a higher minimum wage. Members of the Senate voted 22-11 to pass legislation that repeals parts of Proposition A, which Missouri voters approved in November with 57.6% of the vote. Only one Republican, Sen. Lincoln Hough, R-Springfield, joined all 10 Democrats in voting no.