missouri legislature

Three more ethics bills have been approved by a Missouri House committee. One would ban individual gifts from lobbyists to lawmakers, the second would…

A move to abolish the death penalty in the Show-Me State is getting a hearing before a Missouri Senate committee. Senate Bill 816 is sponsored by Sen....

A Missouri Senate committee is weighing legislation that would eliminate the 1 percent earnings tax in both St. Louis and Kansas City, effective Dec. 31...

Updated 5:49 p.m. Jan. 14 - In Missouri, it usually takes a few weeks or even a month for the first bills to be completely passed out of one chamber and...

Two companion measures that would require Missouri voters to show photo identification at the polls have been passed by a House committee. The first one...

It appears that Republican leaders in the Missouri House and Senate are putting their money where their mouths are when it comes to ethics changes....

House Speaker Todd Richardson’s legislative career is full of defied expectations. Before he was elected to House leadership, Richardson helped bring...

Ron Richard is about to spend his first full session as president pro-tem of the Missouri Senate. He was elected to the post by his colleagues in...

A Missouri judge has ruled against a challenge to the state Senate's vote overriding Gov. Jay Nixon's veto of measure that could reduce the number of…

The push to make life better for women inside the Missouri Capitol strikes a chord for people like Kelly Schultz. One of the main lessons she learned...