Missouri Legislature

The Senate Freedom Caucus is demanding tax cuts in exchange for not blocking stadium funds, while Democrats on Thursday retaliated for slights during the regular session by derailing the routine work of signing bills.

Ozarks Tech officials said the legislation will help students transfer seamlessly from a community college to a four-year institution.

The bills must still be signed by Governor Mike Kehoe.

A bill that exempted National Guard duty pay from income tax now carries a $1.7 billion price tag for tax rate cuts extending to at least 2037

A top initiative from Gov. Mike Kehoe is in trouble as House Budget Committee considers the chairman’s spending plan, which also has less for state employees pay raises and $139 million for earmarks.

House Bill 937 is sponsored by Rep. George Hruza and House Speaker Jon Patterson.

In the wake of child sex abuse incidents at southwest Missouri’s Kanakuk Christian sports camp, Branson-area lawmakers are filing bills in the Missouri House and Senate aimed at making it easier to file lawsuits seeking damages from perpetrators.

The ‘Donald J. Trump Election Qualification Act’ would repeal the 2015 law that blocks people who are convicted of, or plead guilty to felonies, from being candidates.

Dean Plocher made a stop in Springfield on Thursday.

With legislation outlawing child marriage stuck in a House committee, backers hope to add it to a separate bill before lawmakers adjourn on Friday.