Jeremy LaFaver

Senate President Pro Tem Ron Richard, R-Joplin, said it's not a sure thing that Gov. Eric Greitens' nominees to the Board of Education will get a committee hearing.

Some Missouri Republicans want tax cuts, but many lawmakers fear impact on state’s bottom line

Jason Rosenbaum

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens and Republican lawmakers are angling for tax cuts during this year’s legislative session. It’s a policy push that the GOP…

State Rep. Jeremy LaFaver, D-Kansas City, raises his hand to speak before the House of Representatives adjourned.

Government, Politics & Issues

On the Trail: Missouri House Democrats face a tough slog out of the super minority

Jason Rosenbaum

It's fair to say that Deb Lavender is quite persistent.The Kirkwood Democrat ran unsuccessfully for a state House three times before finally winning…

Margaux Harris, 7, granddaughter of Rep. Mike Lair, throws papers in the air shortly after members of the House did the same to mark the end of the legislative session.

Government, Politics & Issues

On the Trail: Some big takeaways from the Missouri General Assembly's final week

Jason Rosenbaum

For the most part, the dwindling moments of the 2016 session of the Missouri General Assembly were familiar: Paper got tossed. Press conferences…

Members of the House and Senate budget committees hash out their differences earlier this year. While the budgetary process in Missouri isn't always pretty, it's a picnic compared to what's going in Kansas and Illinois.

Government, Politics & Issues

On the Trail: Kansas' and Illinois' budget brinkmanship not likely in Missouri

Jason Rosenbaum

Missouri lawmakers just wrapped up an, um, unusual legislative session. But they did manage to avoid some pitfalls that have recently plagued Kansas and…

House Minority Leader Jake Hummel, D-St. Louis, and Rep. John Rizzo, D-Kansas City, meet the press after the House adjourned for the year in May. Both men voted to dissolve foreclosure mediation ordinances in 2013.

Government, Politics & Issues

On the Trail: Missouri lawmakers' rocky relationship with 'local control'

Jason Rosenbaum

Republicans aren’t often compared to Russian communists. But that’s what happened recently after GOP members of the Missouri House helped pass legislation…

Government, Politics & Issues

State rep arrested over weekend on drug charges

Jason Rosenbaum

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 26, 2013: A first-term state representative was arrested this weekend in central Missouri for…