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Amendment 4 affects local funding and state oversight for Kansas City police. Supporters say "adequate funding is needed" to keep this big-city community safe, but the mayor of Kansas City since 2019, Quinton Lucas, opposes the proposed amendment because it "takes power" from local officials. KSMU’s Gregory Holman has this interview.
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Meeting members of the Springfield Mayor’s Commission for Children on Tuesday morning, Democratic State Rep. Crystal Quade and Republican State Sen. Lincoln Hough recapped the latest lawmaking session in Jefferson City. Amid the conversation, they covered what legislators accomplished this year — and what they didn’t.
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With GOP leaders barring amendments to a 153-page education bill approved by the Senate earlier this year, the House mustered just enough votes Thursday to pass the wide-ranging education bill that includes money to boost teacher salaries.
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Republican control of the General Assembly is not in danger, but persistent GOP infighting will play out in Senate primaries around the state.
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Factional warfare marks passage of Republican Party as Freedom Caucus members denounce leadership for stripping out provisions labeled "ballot candy."
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Supporters believe they have momentum, though GOP infighting in the Senate could doom their chances.
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State Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder has served as a state lawmaker for more than a decade. Now the Republican from southeast Missouri is running for lieutenant governor.
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SB 134 would prohibit school officials from withholding information about a student's gender identity from parents.
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The former Springfield Council member tried to defeat the District 30 Senate incumbent over perceptions that he wasn't sufficiently conservative.
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A new state law in Missouri has drawn battle lines between state and local government. At issue is: who has the final say in what large farms can and…