Missouri House of Representatives

Missouri is taking up the daunting task of state legislative redistricting, but many people doubt the commissions will succeed. Plus, students at Missouri’s HBCUs got a big surprise when the schools forgave their loan debt using federal pandemic relief funds.

Tuesday’s hearing was only the latest example of legislative criticism of the Department of Social Services.

The tax on health care providers is free of controversial amendments, but the same committee passed a separate bill that would defund Planned Parenthood.

Abortion procedures are only administered at one location in the state of Missouri, and divorces saw a spike during the pandemic as lockdown orders strained relationships.

Women in the state will still be able to go to the only remaining clinic offering abortion services in Missouri.

The legislature passed much of Governor Parson's agenda through the legislature, including progressively raising the gas tax by 12.5 cents over the next five years.

Republican committee members claimed in the letter, without evidence, that the 2020 election featured "many discrepancies and issues with the election process in several states across this nation.”

State Sen. Holly Rehder, R-Sikeston, has been trying to pass a prescription drug monitoring program since she was first elected to the legislature nine years ago.

Senate President Pro Tem Dave Schatz's bill would raise the gas tax 2.5 cents a year for five years.

In a nearly unanimous vote Wednesday, the Missouri House expelled Lee's Summit Rep. Rick Roeber.

Rep. Rick Roeber would be only the second lawmaker ever expelled from the House

Some lawmakers are worried schoolchildren will be waiting for their buses in the dark.