Yesterday, U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D., Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) hosted Dr. Rahul Gupta, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, for a discussion on the federal government’s ongoing response to the opioid epidemic.
Child care regulations would be lowered in Kansas under a bill that has won Senate approval and created a debate over how best to address a shortage of daycare spots without compromising safety.
Just six months after passing what was billed as the largest tax cut in Missouri history, the Republican-led state House voted Tuesday for an even bigger income tax cut that could return over $1 billion annually to individuals, corporations and retirees.
The bill is similar to laws in at least 18 states that require the hospitalization of infants born during unsuccessful abortions and impose criminal penalties for doctors who don’t try to save them.
Governor Laura Kelly discussed the importance of fully funding special education in Kansas with high school and post-secondary students, teachers, school administrators and parents today at Shawnee Mission South High School.
Republicans have more than the two-thirds majorities in both chambers needed to override a veto, but in 2021 and 2022, a few GOP moderates voted against overriding Kelly.
Missouri voters could decide on whether to restore abortion rights in the state if constitutional amendments made public Thursday make it to the 2024 ballot.
Chief election officials in Florida, Missouri and West Virginia notified the Electronic Registration Information Center that they would depart the voluntary program.
Sen. Mike Moon’s measure would add a line to the Missouri Constitution that says: “Nothing in this Constitution shall be construed to secure or protect a right to abortion.”
Banning TikTok from government devices enjoys bipartsan support across the U.S., but a few Democratic legislators in Kansas object to expanding a ban imposed by their party’s governor because they don’t want a state law to target a company by name.
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach has joined a multistate lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency — requesting a federal court to vacate the “Waters of the United States” rule.
U.S. Senator Roger Marshall has helped introduce a bill that would drop policies that require foreign travelers to provide proof of a COVID-19 vaccine when they enter the U.S.
Missouri lawmakers are aiming to ban government officials and state employees from downloading or using any app on their state-owned devices that is owned by the Chinese government.
The bill would allow students to go to any public school district that would take them. Schools could limit how many students they would bring in as transfers.
The Kansas Senate has introduced a bill that could lead to the cultivation, distribution, sale, and use of medical cannabis for veterans suffering from chronic illnesses, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and/or struggling with opioid use.
The discord in the Missouri House came just days after a similar situation in Mississippi, where Black lawmakers denounced the majority-white, Republican-led Legislature for voting to take power away from local leaders in the predominantly Black city of Jackson.
Supported by dozens of his fellow representatives, House Minority Leader Vic Miller introduced a cannabis amnesty bill that would essentially decriminalize marijuana statewide.
"We have heard no explanation or plan to remove it," Missouri Governor Mike Parson said. "Why has this been allowed to reach our heartland? Why has it not been eliminated?"
If the proposed law were in place over the last five years, items like recreational pot and Medicaid expansion that Missourians passed, would have failed.
Kansas Supreme Court justices raised concerns Wednesday about the “chilling” effect a 2021 law could have on League of Women Voters volunteers and others who participate in voter registration drives.
A recent wave of crime by young teenagers in St. Louis is garnering attention from lawmakers in Jefferson City as a proposed public safety bill could add restrictions to Missouri gun laws on who can legally possess a firearm in public.
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