Term Limits

The latest episode of St. Louis Public Radio’s political video mailbag series explores Missouri's legislative term limits.

Republican state Rep. Peggy McGaugh wants to allow someone to serve up to 16 years in either the House or the Senate. Currently, most legislators can serve up to eight years in the House and eight in the Senate.

Missouri lawmakers have made moves to undo voter-approved initiatives — and make it harder for constitutional amendments to be enacted. But efforts to curb the initiative petition process are getting bipartisan pushback.

Democratic state Rep. Kip Kendrick, D-Columbia, explains why he's leaving the Missouri House to become state Sen.-elect Greg Razer's chief of staff.

Currently, only the governor and state auditor are restricted to two consecutive terms in Missouri. Opponents of the Amendment 1 ballot measure say it's a solution in need of a problem.

The Missouri House has overwhelmingly approved a wide-ranging criminal justice bill that would revamp the state’s system.Among other things, the measure…

Mike Meinkoth vividly remembers how term limits were sold to Missourians in 1992: By limiting lawmakers to eight years in the House and eight years in the…

On the latest edition of the Politically Speaking podcast, St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies welcome back state Rep. Tracy…

Term limits were approved by Missouri voters back in 1992 and took full effect after 2002. A new study finds that those changes have not had much of an…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 6, 2013 - The national Virginia-based group, U.S. Term Limits, is entering the debate against…