The Republican Missouri senator introduced bipartisan legislation that would require data centers to build their own power plants and would increase transparency around data center energy use.

Former state Sen. Bill Eigel has been criticized for receiving automatic contributions when he ran for governor and again when he launched his current bid for St. Charles County executive.

Last month, the Missouri Supreme Court threw out legislation that gave greater authority to the secretary of state over proposed ballot summaries. Judges have repeatedly rejected Denny Hoskins' language for being biased or misleading.

Current law in Missouri requires schools to have a program if 3% of its students are identified as "gifted," but it doesn't require screenings.

After enthusiasm swelled behind the idea, the policy has hit several major bumps on its way to becoming law.

Port KC commissioners voted to terminate and refrain from any negotiations with Platform Ventures. The company owns a south Kansas City warehouse rumored to be part of a federal plan to convert such spaces into immigration detention facilities.

Missouri state Sen. Joe Nicola, a Republican from Grain Valley, says he's seen a decrease of teen employment in his district. He wants to create a separate minimum wage of $12.30 for people under 18.

Several years after federal judges rejected the Trump administration's attempt to bar some immigrants from being included in census counts, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway wants to bring the issue to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Missouri Mental Health Director Valerie Huhn told state lawmakers that the department and courts need options to get defendants treatment in their communities.

Kansas lawmakers say that requiring driver's licenses to list legal status would reduce noncitizen voting — something that is exceedingly rare. One study says suspected cases happen just 0.0001% of the time.

Some Republican election officials have broken with the president on nationalizing elections, even as they have avoided criticizing him directly. That includes Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, who also told lawmakers he wouldn’t provide the state’s full voter list to the feds without a court order.

The Unified Government passed an ordinance on a 7-3 vote to divert sales tax revenue to help finance the new Chiefs stadium in Kansas City, Kansas. Multiple residents expressed concerns about the city’s inability to adequately fund government functions while giving away millions to billionaires.