Missouri Governor

In addition to proposing cuts to the lawmakers' priorities, Missouri House Budget Chairman Cody Smith, a Republican from Carthage, wants to cut all aid to libraries in retaliation for a lawsuit challenging a new state law.

Reporters in both Kansas and Missouri are dealing with a new wave of restrictions aimed at their ability to inform the public on how officials are spending their tax dollars.

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.

Gov. Mike Parson said he wants to boost all state workers by 8.7% and to offer a $2 an hour night shift differential to employees responsible for people under the care of the state. It's the second consecutive year that Parson has pushed for significant pay increases for state workers.

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?

The Missouri General Assembly begins its 2023 session on Wednesday in Jefferson City, where Republican Gov. Mike Parson and a GOP supermajority in both chambers will consider hundreds of proposed bills.

Supporters of state control say the system was established to limit political influence on the police department in the 1930s. But the 150-year history of state control dates back to the Civil War.

Missouri has changed its requirements for accepted forms of voter identification since the August primary and put new restrictions on get-out-the-vote efforts.

The governor called lawmakers back into a special session to pass legislation that cuts Missouri's income tax from 5.4% to 4.95%. It would bring the rate down even more if certain general revenue targets are met.

Parson’s proposal would lower the state’s top income tax rate from 5.3% to 4.8% and eliminate the bottom income tax bracket. Some Democratic lawmakers and advocates have expressed concern an income tax cut is poorly-timed.

He resigned the governor’s office in 2018 to avoid impeachment and settle a felony charge. He’s being inundated with attack ads highlighting allegations of child abuse. Yet Eric Greitens is still considered among the frontrunners in the Aug. 2 GOP Senate primary.

Parson’s announcement comes after he vetoed a bill Friday authorizing a one-time, nonrefundable tax credit. On Thursday, he vetoed the $500 million allocated for the credit, foreshadowing a rejection of the credit itself.