MO State News

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – State Representative Dirk Deaton, chair of the House Budget Committee, announced Wednesday the formal filing of the appropriations bills for the 2025 legislative session. Included in the bill that appropriates money for public colleges and universities is language to ensure that state funds will not be used for contracts, programs, positions, […]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – As Missourians continue to file their tax returns in these next few months, Missouri State Treasurer Vivek Malek recommends Missourians to consider investing their refunds into tax-free MOST 529 Savings Accounts for future education needs. According to the Missouri Department of Revenue, more than 1.7 million refunds were issued by the state

JEFFERSON CITY, MO. – The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has awarded four contracts totaling more than $3 million to locate and assess approximately 1,900 abandoned oil and gas wells in western Missouri. Most of these wells are located near Kansas City in Jackson and Cass counties.   “While no evidence suggests the state’s groundwater

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Republican leaders in the Missouri House of Representatives today highlighted a significant amendment to HB 68 that will give survivors of childhood sexual abuse more time to seek justice.   House Amendment 2, added to HB 68 during perfection, would extend the statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse claims. Under

BOSTON, Mass. – Average gasoline prices in Missouri are unchanged  in the last week, averaging $2.86/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 3,940 stations in Missouri. Prices in Missouri are 2.5 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 5.2 cents per gallon lower than a year ago.   According to GasBuddy price

JEFFERSON CITY – The following statement can be attributed to Susan Klein, Executive Director, Missouri Right to Life: On February 14th, 2025, Jackson County Judge Jerri J Zhang, eight weeks after she had ruled that Missouri’s health and safety regulations protecting women who are having an abortion did not violate Amendment 3, reversed her position

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week in a Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) committee hearing, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley questioned Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Education, about guaranteeing basic safety for women on college campuses and cracking down on campus radicalism. Senator Hawley brought up Title IX protections for female