2017 Missouri legislature

The Missouri House and Senate traded a few bills Wednesday, including an amended one that would bring more specificity to a state ban on so-called…

A proposal to finally create a prescription drug monitoring program was revived in the Missouri House on Tuesday, while the Senate came to terms with a…

After nearly six hours of contentious debate Monday, the Missouri House passed a bill that makes it harder for people who are fired from a job to prove…

There’s still plenty of unfinished business as the final week of the legislative session kicks off Monday.Gov. Eric Greitens is still waiting for his…

Updated at 3:20 p.m. with Department of Correction comment — Missouri’s state budget for the 2018 fiscal year arrived at Governor Eric Greitens’ desk late…

The Missouri Senate sang, talked about fist fights and criticized each other this week. What they haven't done is pass any bills.As of Wednesday, just…

Updated 5:45 p.m., May 2, 2017, to correct headline and story that there is no 20-week ban amended to the underlying bill — The Missouri House approved an…

Updated 6 p.m. April 28 to correct that Missouri would be among the only states with an abortion notification law — The only thing Missouri lawmakers must…

Missouri legislators began churning through bills Thursday, including one now headed to Gov. Eric Greitens that bans forcing public works projects to use…

Updated April 28 to correct that Missouri would be among few states to have that notification provision — A raft of abortion restrictions that would…