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Missouri state Rep. Darin Chappell and House Majority Leader Alex Riley confer in the Missouri House in March (Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications).

Plan to put Medicaid work requirements in Missouri state Constitution draws public opposition

Advocates for cancer patients, people with developmental disabilities and their caregivers urged Missouri lawmakers Wednesday to reject a proposal writing Medicaid work requirements into the state ...

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Courts Lawmaker power to draw gerrymandered congressional map tested at Missouri Supreme Court By Rudi Keller Missouri Independent – 3/10/26

The first case challenging Missouri’s gerrymandered redistricting plan to reach the state Supreme Court questions whether lawmakers had the power to enact the plan at all. The court’s seven ...

Economy Missouri House backs GOP plan to replace income tax with expanded sales tax By Jason Hancock Missouri Independent – 3/10/26

A proposed constitutional amendment that would give lawmakers broad authority to expand the state sales tax and use the revenue to eliminate the income tax won initial approval in the Missouri House ...

Crime Missouri bill targets ‘date rape’ drugs after lawmaker suspects she was drugged By Jason Hancock Missouri Independent – 3/03/26

When state Rep. Elizabeth Fuchs first arrived in Jefferson City as a lobbyist in 2015, a woman who had been around the Capitol longer pulled her aside and offered advice that sounded, at first, ...

Abortion Missouri senator revives ‘personhood’ amendment criminalizing abortion By Anna Spoerre Missouri Independent – 3/03/26

Wes Groggins didn’t mince words when he testified to a Missouri Senate committee Monday in support of legislation expanding legal protections for embryos. The executive director of Abolish Abortion ...

Coronavirus Federal prosecutors seek 2-year prison sentence for former Missouri House Speaker John Diehl By Jason Hancock Missouri Independent – 2/25/26

Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence former Missouri House Speaker John Diehl to two years in prison in his federal COVID relief fraud case, arguing his admitted misuse of nearly ...

Immigration Eric Schmitt calls federal immigration agents in Minnesota ‘heroes’ By Fletcher Mantooth Missouri Independent – 1/29/26

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt took to the Senate floor Wednesday to defend federal agents arresting suspected undocumented immigrants in Minnesota, calling them “American heroes.” “We ...

Courts Missouri Republicans boycott after state Supreme Court strikes down law dubbed ‘Let Politicians Lie Act’ By Richard Eberwein – 1/28/26

Missouri’s annual State of the Judiciary address was canceled on Wednesday after Senate Republicans announced a boycott in response to a recent state Supreme Court decision.

Democracy Missouri House committee kills plan to reinstate Missouri presidential primary By Rudi Keller Missouri Independent – 1/27/26

The push to reinstate Missouri’s presidential primary suffered a defeat Tuesday when the House Elections Committee voted to remove it from a wide-ranging elections bill. On a voice vote, the ...

LGBTQ Missouri lawmakers seek to make restrictions on transgender health care, athletes permanent By Annelise Hanshaw Missouri Independent – 1/21/26

A sponsor of legislation to make Missouri’s restrictions on cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers for minors permanent argued Tuesday night that the ban has “no detriments.” But for six ...

Elections New and notable 2026 candidates in the Midwest who support Medicare for All By Richard Eberwein – 1/20/26

Numerous Democratic candidates running in the 2026 midterms are offering support for Medicare for All as the health care debate in the United States resurfaces.

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