legislative session

"Why are we legislating something you don't understand?" asked state Sen. Greg Razer.

The Missouri General Assembly gaveled in a new session on Wednesday, and the Kansas Legislature is reconvening next week. What's at the top of the agenda?

Efforts to ban transgender girls from competing in women’s sports are expected to pick up momentum when lawmakers return to the Capitol in January.

The 2021-2022 session of the Missouri General Assembly saw Republican infighting prevent consideration of priority bills.

Both the Kansas and Missouri legislatures are just a few weeks away from the end of their sessions. So why has so little work been finished?

Missouri Republicans are divided over how to draw new congressional districts that would benefit their own party, leaving House Democrats in a unique position of having leverage over their GOP counterparts this year.

State legislators are starting the new session the same way the 2020 session ended — with a pandemic raging throughout the state.

A look ahead at the issues most likely to be facing lawmakers in the Sunflower state, and what lies ahead for Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley.

COVID-19 means uncertainty for Missouri’s state budget and for the legislative session itself.

A look ahead at the issues most likely to be facing lawmakers in the Show Me state, and the Missouri Chamber of Commerce reveals what it wants the state legislature to focus on this year.

State Rep. Ashley Bland Manlove assumes the duties of the chairwoman at a pivotal time for race relations in the state.

State Rep. Ashley Bland Manlove is the new chairwoman of the Missouri Legislative Black Caucus, and the latest news in Kansas City sports, Chiefs and otherwise.