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The Republican from Lee’s Summit received 152 votes. His rival, state Rep. Justin Sparks, garnered only 10,

If voters pass the resolution, it would bar local governments from adopting ranked-choice voting models. St. Louis municipal elections would not be affected.

Since 2018, at least a dozen states have taken some steps to either halt, scale back or provide greater notice of their use of children's benefits to cover required foster care costs.

In a rare instance of triumph for Missouri Democrats, an effort to raise the bar to amend the state constitution — a central GOP priority — was defeated.

Lawmakers approved the original law last session. The fix widens who would be eligible for a property tax freeze.

Lawmakers sent a similar measure to Gov. Mike Parson last year. He vetoed it due to a proposal making it easier for people to get restitution for wrongful convictions and language around expungements.

The Missouri House refused to go to conference and wanted the Senate to adopt a version of the proposal with other provisions that critics call "ballot candy."

While the Missouri Senate is expected to zero in on a measure making it harder to amend the constitution, the House looks to finish work on reauthorizing a key tax to fund the state’s Medicaid program.

Missouri is one of the latest states to pass legislation that would fund the gun-detecting software.

Rabbi Daniel Bogard has testified at the Missouri State Capitol twenty times in the past twenty years. KBIA's Meghan Lee sat down with Bogard to learn more about trans rights and its connections to the Jewish faith.