2021 Legislative Session

The Steelville Republican also discussed likely and potential special sessions that could take place over the next few months.

U.S. District Court Judge E. Richard Webber said incendiary text messages between former St. Louis police officers may be used as evidence in the case against them. Legal Roundtable analyzed that case and more on "St. Louis on the Air."

“Heartbroken” is the word Missouri state Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch used to sum up what she’s feeling in the wake of the 2021 legislative session. On Tuesday, the Republican from Hallsville learned that legislation she’d hoped would soon open doors for certain nonviolent drug offenders serving decades-long, no-parole terms didn’t make it into the final version of Senate Bill 26.

Missouri House Bill 85 leaves local police departments vulnerable to $50,000 fines if they attempt to enforce federal gun laws. St. Louis Interim Public Safety Director Dan Isom discusses the bill, which awaits Gov. Mike Parson's signature, on St. Louis on the Air.

Ashcroft is in favor of reinstituting Missouri's government-issued photo identification law and letting voters decide whether constitutional amendments should need a two-thirds majority instead of a simple majority.

The GOP-controlled Missouri legislature passed several major initiatives in the just-completed 2021 session. But it wasn't exactly easy.

The last day of the Missouri General Assembly’s legislative session ended with a thud when the Senate adjourned without the approval of a must-pass bill that helps fund the state’s Medicaid system.

The move could have implications for the 2022 U.S. Senate race, primarily because it could make it harder for someone like former Gov. Eric Greitens to win.

Gov. Mike Parson cited a lack of funding for stopping expansion.

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.”