Mike Moon

With more than 400 line items directed at particular districts or organizations, totaling $2.1 billion, lawmakers have continued to pile extras into spending bills as the state enjoys a near-record surplus

Despite outcries from families following the temporary shuttering of IVF in Alabama earlier this year, Missouri lawmakers failed to pass legislation guaranteeing the procedure.

The upper chamber adjourned without taking up any bills despite a state constitutional deadline coming on Friday. That deadline has only been missed once, in 1997,

Despite the U.S. Supreme Court ruling the practice unconstitutional, Missouri State Sen. Mike Moon, R-Ash Grove, proposed legislation that would allow the death penalty in non-homicide cases.

As amendments aimed at legalizing abortion in cases of rape or incest were voted down, one Republican state senator defended the decision saying, ‘God does not make mistakes.’

Opponents of the ban on most transgender minors receiving hormone therapy or puberty blockers say it runs afoul of Missouri's state constitutional equal protection guarantees.

Lawmakers have until 6 p.m. Friday to finish work on a host of key issues.

Both bills now go to the Missouri House, where leadership says they are a priority.

The Missouri Senate gave first-round approval to a pair of bills early Tuesday morning targeting transgender minors and athletes. It needs another vote in the Senate before moving on to the Missouri House.

Another Senate committee heard testimony Tuesday on legislation that would prohibit anyone from changing their birth certificate.