missouri legislative session

Kehoe signed an additional 35 bills late Monday afternoon, including legislation that raises the speed limit on rural highways and interstates to 75 mph.

The governor also signed into law on Thursday harsher penalties for drunk driving and age verification requirements for pornography website access.

Missouri voters in August will decide whether to approve a proposed constitutional amendment allowing for the expansion of sales and use taxes in order to eliminate the income tax.

Missouri lawmakers took up eight different bills to push through to the Senate floor on Monday.

The bill seeks to shift firearm regulation to the state level, yet similar bills have failed to gain passage in the past.

House Majority Leader Alex Riley will likely become Missouri’s speaker of the House after next year’s elections.

Republicans say that putting a new measure on the ballot to undo Amendment 3 is a priority for this legislative session.

January 2025 will mark the start of a new term for the recently elected leaders. The Republican party will hold a supermajority in both Missouri’s House of Representatives and Senate.

Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden called the beginning of the legislative session "nothing short of an embarrassment."

Despite distractions created by Governor Greitens’ scandals, some senators are pleased with what they’ve accomplished this legislative session.The session…