Hawkins succeed Blake Hurst as president of one of Missouri's oldest and most influential agricultural organizations.

The St. Louis Democrat also provided her opinion on congressional redistricting, which is expected to dominate the first part of the 2022 legislative session.

The Noel Republican also discussed other big-ticket items for the 2022 session, including congressional redistricting and passing legislation authorizing Gov. Mike Parson to spend Medicaid expansion funds.

The Republican senator's decision set off an electoral domino effect that included opening up two GOP congressional seats.

Missouri’s Senate minority leader sees both the campaign ambitions of legislators and the task of redistricting as factors that will shape how the 2022 session goes.

St. Louis Public Radio's Jason Rosenbaum and Sarah Kellogg answer your questions about Missouri politics.

The Scott County Republican also discussed why she supports a special session to bar companies from requiring employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

School boards throughout Missouri have had to make consequential decisions that sometimes were not popular around masking and remote schooling.

The community of 32,000, one of the only growing cities in the Metro East, is split between two congressional districts. Some say this drastically hurts its representation.

Don Kauerauf, who’s been Missouri’s health director since September, says he believes a portion of unvaccinated Missourians are still approachable and could be persuaded to get the shot. He also says vaccine hesitancy shouldn’t be vilified.

The south St. Louis County state representative also discussed a town hall meeting he had on car theft with county Prosecutor Wesley Bell.

Bush was one of six Democrats who voted against the federal infrastructure legislation, which President Joe Biden is expected to sign.