Sarah Kellogg

For the first time in years, the Missouri legislature has passed a budget that will not fully fund K-12 public education.

Get the Politically Speaking Newsletter! With one week remaining in the 2026 Missouri legislative session, lawmakers are setting their sights on property taxes.

The legislation includes many changes to state elections, including restoring voting rights to some parolees and allowing the use of campaign dollars for childcare.

Pornography sites will be required by state law to make sure users are at least 18 in order to operate in Missouri under a bill passed Wednesday.

The Missouri House on Wednesday passed legislation providing rights to “a child born alive during or after an abortion or attempted abortion.”

The legislation allows for the designation of innovation zones aimed at providing incentives, like tax credits, to revitalize vacant or underused properties and turn them into housing.

The Missouri Supreme Court declined Monday to hear an appeal to a case against a proposed constitutional amendment that aims to eliminate the state income tax by expanding sales and use taxes to make up for lost revenue.

Preceding a data center summit in Jefferson City, roughly 100 Missourians gathered on Wednesday to rally against the development and construction of the centers across the state.

Missourians from across the state gathered to protest outside of a data center summit in Jefferson City that was not open to the public.

Missourians will have the opportunity in September to speak to state lawmakers about their opinions on data centers at a public hearing in Jefferson City.