Shamed Dogan

While the Missouri Highway Patrol investigates a St. Louis County office sex tape, Councilman Tim Fitch is pushing to make sex on county property illegal.

According to the state’s Department of Revenue, of the roughly 3.2 million Missourians who filed state income taxes, only around 1.4 million of them would receive their full tax credit amount.

While the Missouri House has already passed nearly 40 bills, gridlock in the Senate has brought operations in the upper chamber to a near-standstill. With eight weeks left, only a supplemental budget bill has made it past the finish line so far.

On the last day before the legislature takes a week off, the House also passed legislation including banning discrimination in schools against traditionally Black hairstyles and creating nurseries in women’s prisons.

On the Democratic side, Marine veteran Lucas Kunce, former state Sen. Scott Sifton and businessman Spencer Toder filed for the Senate seat of the retiring Roy Blunt on Tuesday.

The Ballwin Republican believes he can piece together a diverse coalition required for a GOP candidate to win in a Democratic-leaning county.

Representative Bill Kidd joked that he didn’t get a vaccine because he’s a Republican. Now he has COVID.

Wednesday's riot at the U.S. Capitol is drawing scrutiny on Republicans who ignored President Donald Trump's character failures in exchange for his popularity among the GOP base.

In addition to allowing adults 21 and older to use the drug, Rep. Shamed Dogan, R-Ballwin, said his proposal would be an important step toward criminal justice reform.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced Wednesday that he was calling lawmakers back to the state Capitol on Monday, July 27, for a special legislative…