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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. -
Stephen Webber will be the next senator to represent Missouri District 19 after beating Republican James Coyne. -
Democrat and Marine veteran Lucas Kunce waged a hard-fought battle against Hawley for the U.S. Senate. -
![Jared Young(cq) converses with journalists before an interview Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024 at the Columbia Jet Center at Columbia Regional Airport in Columbia. “If I was in the House as an Independent, I wouldn’t be able to do much- I’d just get squashed,” Young said during the interview. “But in the Senate, every single individual Senator wields tremendous power. [Independent Senators] are involved in every decision that’s made in the Senate.”](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/18ba966/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1750x975+0+186/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Faf%2F03%2F28b5dee44dfe88549819b454495b%2Fjared-young.jpg)
A long shot against incumbent Josh Hawley, Young seeks support from disenfranchised voters. -
Missouri senators have adopted a budget proposal that includes stable funding for public colleges and universities next year.Senators voted 31-1 to pass…
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The Missouri Senate approved an amendment to the state constitution that would ban lobbyist gifts to lawmakers.The measure, passed Wednesday in a 20-12… -
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved legislation to crack down on sex trafficking by expanding the ability of prosecutors to go after websites that…
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A group of teachers from Mid-Missouri gathered Monday outside Sen. Roy Blunt’s office in downtown Columbia to protest Betsy DeVos’ nomination for… -
Fifteen months before the 2016 election, Missouri’s major candidates for the U.S. Senate – Republican incumbent Roy Blunt and Democrat Jason Kander –... -
The Senate voted unanimously on Thursday in favor of a bill that requires the state to notify businesses of changes in sales tax policies. It would exempt…
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![Jared Young(cq) converses with journalists before an interview Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024 at the Columbia Jet Center at Columbia Regional Airport in Columbia. “If I was in the House as an Independent, I wouldn’t be able to do much- I’d just get squashed,” Young said during the interview. “But in the Senate, every single individual Senator wields tremendous power. [Independent Senators] are involved in every decision that’s made in the Senate.”](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3270c82/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1750x975+0+186/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Faf%2F03%2F28b5dee44dfe88549819b454495b%2Fjared-young.jpg)
