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The address coincided with the release of Parson's proposed $52.7 billion budget, which includes a 3.2% raise for state employees as well as a higher boost for state workers in places like juvenile detention centers and mental health facilities.
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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 Governor Mike Parson's State of the State address outlined the challenges for Missourians in 2021 and a trove of photographs depicting Thomas Hart Benton in his Kansas City studio was recently discovered.
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Gov. Mike Parson used his first State of the State address since being overwhelmingly elected to a four-year term to double down on his top priorities of his first years in office — improving job training and state transportation.
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TOPEKA, Kansas — The 2020 Kansas Legislature is underway. And while Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly laid out some of her top priorities during the State of…
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A little more than a week after his first State of the State address, in which he outlined his focus on workforce development and infrastructure, Missouri…
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The cast of characters may be new, but the script taking shape at the outset of the Kansas Legislature’s 2019 session rings familiar. The new governor —…
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is planning to close Crossroads Correctional Facility in Cameron and transfer prisoners to the nearby Western Missouri…
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Missouri government is still reeling after a week that saw the State of the State address overshadowed by a report by KMOV in St. Louis that Governor Eric…
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Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens used his State of the State address Wednesday to announce a proposal to cut state taxes this year, even as the state budget...
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If you're native to, say, the deserts of North Africa, a winter in Kansas City can be a shock to your system. You can combat the cold with layers of warm…
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As long as Sam Brownback waits for Congress to approve his at-large ambassadorship for religious freedom for the Trump administration, he’ll continue to…