Voter ID

Two pieces of legislation that would require voters to show photo identification at the polls have been passed by the Missouri House and are on their way…

Missouri lawmakers will try to make the most of a short week, which could include the next batch of ethics bills.The shorter work week is due to the…

Two companion measures that would require Missouri voters to show photo identification at the polls have been passed by a House committee.The first one,…

Since Missouri's state lawmakers are on spring break this week, "St. Louis on the Air" is checking in to see what they've accomplished so far, and what…

Republicans in the Missouri Senate succeeded in passing two of their top priorities early Tuesday morning.In a bit of old-fashioned horse-trading,…

With fights over tax cuts and budgets out of the way, the Missouri General Assembly appears poised to spend its final week focusing on some familiar…

Missouri’s constitutional amendment defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman is being challenged by a suit filed last week in Kansas City.…

A Missouri Senate committee heard testimony Monday on the latest effort by Republicans to require voters to show photo identification at the polls.The…

This week the Politically Speaking crew welcomes Secretary of State Jason Kander to the podcast. Kander, a Democrat from Kansas City, narrowly captured the statewide office in 2012 after a hard-fought contest with Republican Shane Schoeller.During the show, Kander discussed his push to alter Missouri’s campaign finance and lobbyist laws. He announced on the show that he’s throwing his support behind an ethics bill, to be introduced shortly by state Rep. Kevin McManus, D-Kansas City, that would bar lobbyist gifts, cap campaign contributions and force former lawmakers to wait before becoming lobbyists.

The Missouri House has given first-round approval to a pair of bills that would institute photo ID requirements for voters.The first, House Joint…