2024 Missouri Legislative Session

The legislation, which has passed the Missouri House and died in the Senate the past few years, would allow public school students to enroll in a participating school district that they do not reside in.

Missouri’s child welfare agency took at least $6.1 million in foster kids’ benefits last year to reimburse itself for the cost of providing care.

The Missouri Senate passed a slate of gubernatorial appointments the same day a Senate committee approved a resolution making it harder to amend the state’s constitution.

The starting salary for an child abuse investigator is around $43,000 a year.

Abortion rights advocates said cutting funding to Planned Parenthood would be a ‘devastating blow’ to Missouri's public health safety net.

The 57th governor of Missouri gave his final State of the State address to the General Assembly on Wednesday. During his speech, he not only spoke about what he wants to accomplish in this year’s budget, but he reflected on his six years in office.

Missouri Senate Majority Leader Cindy O’Laughlin said she ‘absolutely’ would vote to remove Sen. Bill Eigel from the chamber.

The address coincided with the release of his proposed 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.

The actions from the Missouri Senate's leader comes days after members of the Missouri Freedom caucus successfully held up a set of gubernatorial appointments from being approved.

The bill adds other designated school personnel — other than teachers and administrators — to the list of employees a district may designate as a school protection officer.