Missouri legislation

Missouri's 2023 legislative session resulted in massive funding to raise child-care subsidies and fund Pre-K programs, surprising some advocates with the amounts. However, with a great deal of funding from remaining American Relief Program Act funds, some question what will happen when the money runs out in 2024.

The 2023 Missouri Legislature passed bills that will help struggling Missouri families, including extending Medicaid postpartum care for mothers and babies from 60 days to 12 months, adding a "step-down" process for losing SNAP and TANF benefits, and help with the cost of child care.

The legislature failed to pass a bill that aimed to forgive nearly $150 million in mostly federal benefits given to thousands of Missourians mistakenly during the height of the pandemic.

The GOP-controlled Missouri legislature passed several major initiatives in the just-completed 2021 session. But it wasn't exactly easy.

The state’s budget also provides funding for the public defender system and mistakenly paid unemployment benefits

A Missouri State University professor who researches political violence says he’s concerned about a Missouri bill that would establish minutemen who...

Gov. Mike Parson's tough-on-crime legislation has passed the Missouri Senate. It now heads to the House for consideration.

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

The challengers contend that no one should be forced to risk their health and leave their homes to vote in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The NAACP and League of Women Voters argue that no one should be forced to risk their health and leave their home to vote during the pandemic.