JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Treasurer’s Office kicked off its annual outreach efforts for unclaimed property this month by publishing a total of over 175,000 names of those who have …
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6/18/25
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JEFFERSON CITY — Senate Republicans renewed pushing a bill Tuesday that would bar local law enforcement agencies in the state from enforcing federal firearm policies.
House Bill 1175 , the …
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By Scout Hudson and Kat Ramkumar, Missouri News Network
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5/23/25
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JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri will be the first state to grant a 100% capitol gains deduction if a bill passed by the Missouri House on Wednesday is signed by Gov. Mike Kehoe.
Sponsored by …
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By Kat Ramkumar and Jake Marszewski, Missouri News Network
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5/23/25
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JEFFERSON CITY — President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, headed by billionaire Elon Musk, has been scrutinized for making inaccurate claims, firing tens of thousands …
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By Sterling Sewell Missouri News Network
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5/21/25
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JEFFERSON CITY — The legislature gave final approval Monday for a bill naming several state holidays, highways and other designations.
September has been dubbed Ovarian Cancer Awareness …
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Shane LaGesse Missouri News Network
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5/21/25
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JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri House gave final approval Monday to an omnibus education bill that would criminalize hazing, protect student groups from discrimination based on their beliefs and …
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By Sterling Sewell Missouri News Network
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5/21/25
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JEFFERSON CITY — Backlash from an ad campaign turned some state senators against a bill to safeguard pesticide labeling, leaving it to wither again this year.
But proponents plan to come …
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By Mary McCue Bell Missouri News Network
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5/21/25
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In a TikTok posted last week, Rep. Wick Thomas discussed the state budget wearing a large hat their husband made them for Derby Day.
The fun, but serious, post has become a hallmark of …
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By Siobhan Harms Missouri News Network
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5/21/25
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JEFFERSON CITY — Hundreds of protesters from across the state vowed to keep fighting for abortion and workers’ rights Thursday after the Missouri General Assembly repealed paid sick leave …
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By Jackson Cooper Missouri News Network
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5/21/25
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JEFFERSON CITY — Republican lawmakers worked with a unity unseen in recent years to pass conservative policies before ending the 2025 legislative session a day early on Thursday.
Senators …
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By Natanya Friedheim Missouri News Network
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5/21/25
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JEFFERSON CITY — Chaplains are members of the clergy officially attached to an institution, and they can now be employed by or volunteer at schools in Missouri after a bill passed the Missouri …
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By Charlie Dahlgren and Jake Marszewski Missouri News Network
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5/21/25
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JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Mike Kehoe’s last-minute plan to keep the Chiefs and Royals in Missouri stalled in the Senate on Tuesday.
The House attached an amendment to Senate Bill 80 on …
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By Shane LaGesse and Scout Hudson Missouri News Network
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5/21/25
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JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri Senate Appropriations Chair Lincoln Hough spent two hours on the Senate floor Monday expressing his anger over House Republican leaders killing a $513 million spending …
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By Shane LaGesse Missouri News Network
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5/21/25
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JEFFERSON CITY — Senate Republicans opened the final week of the 2025 session Monday with a push to pass a joint resolution that would ask voters to ban most abortions.
House Joint …
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By Shane LaGesse Missouri News Network
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5/21/25
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JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri’s Senate on March 27 passed Senate Bill 152, a landmark bill introduced by Sen. Ben Brown, R-Washington, to close loopholes that have allowed foreign nationals …
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4/7/25
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A bill to create three new child care tax credits received initial approval by the Missouri House on Tuesday. A similar measure received bipartisan support last year but fell victim to Republican …
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By Natanya Friedheim
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3/5/25
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State Representative Bennie Cook, R-143 District, helped kick off FFA week on Feb. 10 by welcoming members of the Vienna (above left) and Belle FFA (above right) chapters to the Missouri Capitol. …
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2/20/25
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Missouri’s 26th District
The first weeks of February were productive in Jefferson City.
I had the opportunity to advance more of my proposals by presenting them at hearings, and the …
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By State Sen. Ben Brown
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2/20/25
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JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri House of Representative bills heard by a committee Wednesday could lower the Missouri corporate income tax to zero by 2029 and set a flat income tax rate of 4.7% or …
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By Sterling Sewell, Missouri News Network
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1/24/25
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JEFFERSON CITY — Advocacy groups voiced opposition to Senate bills that would allow utility rates to be calculated using so-called “future test years” during a committee hearing on …
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By Molly Gibbs, Missouri News Network
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1/24/25
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