Missouri News Network stories this week includes coverage of action on a number of important bills as the legislature prepared for it’s mid-session break. more

Missouri News Network stories coverage this week includes coverage of a continuing spat between the legislature and MoDOT, efforts to remove paid sick leave provisions adopted by voters in the fall, discussion on limiting SNAP benefits and a hearing on a House bill that would ban any state funding of DEI initiatives.  more

Shortly after taking office, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders aimed at increasing energy generation in the United States. But regulators and utilities in Missouri still don’t know what Trump’s “energy emergency” means for them. more

Missouri News Network stories coverage this week includes House approval of child care tax credits, Senate approval of sweeping changes to utility regulation and one senator’s effort to get his colleagues to allow video streaming of floor action. more

Missouri News Network stories coverage this week includes Gov. Mike Kehoe’s executive order barring state agencies from having DEI initiatives, a look at complaints from county coroners about low pay, hearings on bills seeking to limit drag shows and limit school bathroom use to the sex assigned at birth and House approval of a bill protecting pesticide maker Bayer from cancer lawsuits. more

In January, the federal government took over regulating Missouri’s more than 1.5 million miles of natural gas pipelines.  more

Missouri News Network this week includes coverage of topics that have been common in recent years at the Capitol: changing the initiative process, immigration crackdowns, gender and teaching of critical race theory. more

State lawmakers across the United States are considering bills that would deport millions of people who are in the country illegally. more

Missouri News Network coverage this week includes proposals to restrict abortion, a sunset provision off laws governing gender rights and  proposed exemptions to the new state minimum wage. more

Missouri News Network: Statehouse News for MPA Members This report is written by Missouri School of Journalism students for publication by MPA member newspapers in print and online. … more

Missouri News Network: Statehouse News for MPA Members This report is written by Missouri School of Journalism students for publication by MPA member newspapers in print and online. … more