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Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft tweeted that a job posting for a “diversity, inclusion and belonging leader” was an example of “left-wing indoctrination in the workplace” and the wrong use of taxpayer dollars. State agency leaders say inclusion and belonging programs help retain employees during a severe staffing shortage. -
Under the legislation, the governor would be able to appoint a special prosecutor for a period of up to five years in jurisdictions where homicide cases exceed a certain rate. Currently, only St. Louis falls under that requirement.
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The supplemental budget bill includes an 8.7% cost-of-living adjustment for state employees and an extra $2 an hour for some workers with late-night or overnight shifts. Parson said he hopes the significant pay increase will mean a lower turnover rate for state workers.
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Gov. Mike Parson asked lawmakers to approve an 8.7% pay hike, the biggest in living memory, to stem the loss of state workers to the private sector. But the Missouri House Budget Committee decided that neither the governor nor lawmakers should be included.
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Missouri is set to carry out its second execution of 2023 next week. Despite his 2004 conviction, Leonard Taylor has insisted he is innocent in the quadruple murder. His attorneys are hoping for a stay of execution.
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Over 100 educators gathered in Jefferson City to voice opposition to Missouri bills that would allow public districts and charter schools to open enrollment to nonresidents, and a "Parent's Bill of Rights" that would ban schools from teaching diversity-related concepts and "critical race theory."
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A decade after St. Louis officially reclaimed local control of its police, a Missouri Senate bill would put the department back under state control — a policy originally born out pro-slavery leaders’ attempt to maintain power 150 years ago.
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After a musical drag performance at the annual Columbia Values Diversity Breakfast, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey sent letters to the Columbia public school district and city officials accusing them of violating laws protecting children from sexually explicit material. The group says the performance was "completely G-rated."
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Missouri Governor Mike Parson’s budget proposals are attracting some surprising support — from Missouri Democrats. We’ll find out why and get a Democratic take on the legislative year ahead.
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The National Women’s Law Center and Americans United for Separation of Church and State filed suit Thursday in St. Louis Circuit Court on behalf of 13 faith leaders in Missouri. The lawsuit claims Missouri’s so-called trigger ban and other laws restricting abortion access violate residents’ religious freedom.
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In his State of the State address on Wednesday, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said he wants to use the state’s general revenue surpluses for major transportation and capital improvement projects.
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The attorney will become the first person of color to serve in a statewide office. Malek, who was appointed by Gov. Mike Parson, says he intends to run for the position at the end of this term.
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Missouri has a record budget surplus and this week, lawmakers will take up what is potentially its biggest plan for spending state dollars ever. So why isn’t the Republican governor’s plan sailing smoothly through the Republican-controlled legislature?
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A federal judge in Kansas City ruled that the Second Amendment Preservation Act in Missouri did not pass constitutional muster. The law allowed citizens to sue Missouri police if they believed their rights to guns were violated by the enforcement of federal regulations.
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"Even though we’re in a fairly red state, we are having some more progressive policies, a little left of center policies, wanted by voters on both guns and school safety," poll director says.
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Taylor would be the third person sentenced to death by the state in the last 10 weeks.
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Missouri's Republican governor said he wants to put some of the state's multi-billion-dollar budget surplus toward expanding highways and broadening access to early childhood programs. He told KCUR that issues like transportation and education shouldn't be hyper-partisan.
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says improvements to Interstate 70 and expanded access to child care for working families are his top priorities this year.
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Both the Senate President Pro Tem and Senate Minority leader agree that Missouri needs to pay state workers more. Whether they go with exactly Gov. Mike Parson’s proposed plan is yet to be determined.
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On the first day of prefiling, both state Democrat and Republican legislators proposed measures to increase school security.
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The legislation decreases the top rate to just under 5% and sets the stage for further reductions. The cut was one of the goals of the special session Parson called.
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has called a special legislative session for Sept. 6th that will focus on passing $700 million in income tax cuts along with a group of agricultural tax credit programs.
