Kentucky’s Democratic governor has won a court order temporarily blocking Republican-backed laws threatening to invalidate his executive orders aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19.
A bill that would seek to ban abortions in Arkansas unless they are to save the life of the mother received approval Wednesday from the Arkansas House.
Due to stronger economic projections in Missouri, Governor Mike Parson released the remaining $280,783,940 in Fiscal Year 2021 funds back into the budget.
The measure, the “Blue-Collar Bonus Tax Credit,” would give workers a bonus four times a year through an automatic, advanceable tax credit based on hours worked and median pay formula.
The Republican-led Missouri House is advancing another version of a Missouri voter photo identification law that was gutted by the state Supreme Court.
The reform bill ends cash bail, requires all police officers to use body cameras and to go through additional training, prohibits chokeholds and requires the use of special prosecutors in officer-involved deaths.
Representative Shamed Dogan says House Bill 461 would require law enforcement agencies to have written investigation policies for officer-involved deaths and have an independent agency conduct the investigation.
In February 2020, the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Missouri, Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center, and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe filed a lawsuit to end the use of public defender waiting lists, alleging that more than 4,600 people were on the waiting list, and that the list wa
Fellow Republican House Speaker Rob Vescovo stripped Derges of all her committee assignments on Monday, when a 20-count indictment against her was unsealed.
The proposal would require schools to return students to the classroom after teachers have received a COVID-19 vaccine, if not additional federal relief funding will be withheld.
A Missouri state lawmaker indicted on federal fraud charges for falsely claiming a treatment she sold contained stem cells that could help with COVID-19 has been asked to resign.
Sen. Hawley introduced an amendment to Congress’ proposed budget on Wednesday, February 3 that would restrict federal funds to schools that do not have teachers and students in classrooms.
Christopher K. Limbaugh began his career in private practice in his hometown of Cape Girardeau. He then served as the elected prosecuting attorney of Cape Girardeau County.
Casting his climate policy as a jobs plan, President Joe Biden left out important context and used fuzzy math when he announced sweeping new green initiatives that he says will boost the U.S. economy with the creation of 1 million new auto jobs.
Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont was taken to the hospital for observation “out of an abundance of caution” after being examined by Congress’ attending physician.
President Joe Biden has looked to establish a sharp break from the warm rhetoric often displayed toward Vladimir Putin by his predecessor, Donald Trump.
Throughout his campaign and transition, President Joe Biden promised that his administration would keep issues of equity in the shaping of all policy considerations.
FBI Director Chris Wray has said that, over the last year, the most lethal violence has come from anti-government activists, such as anarchists and militia-types.
Fox said in a statement Friday to The Kansas City Star that Hawley had “engaged in an act of reckless pandering,” and could forgot about any future help.
Armed protesters gathered Saturday afternoon the grounds of the Kentucky State Capitol, just days after the Jan. 6 attack on the United States Capitol building.
A Republican Missouri lawmaker skipped his own inauguration to attend a rally with President Donald Trump and encourage Congress to reject the Electoral College victory President-elect Joe Biden.
Governor Mike Parson signed Executive Order 21-01 on Thursday, January 7 to amend Executive Order 05-06 and terminate Executive Orders 03-11 and 02-05.
South Carolina Senator and judiciary committee chairman Lindsey Graham is voicing concerns about Senator Ted Cruz’s proposal to establish an electoral commission.
The unusual way the Trump campaign is divvying up the contributions has drawn scrutiny from election watchdogs, who say Trump and his family are poised to financially benefit from the arrangement.
Trump, who has complained for weeks about mail-in ballots, escalated his allegations late Thursday, saying at the White House that the ballot-counting process is unfair and corrupt.
