Holly Rehder

Gov. Mike Parson has signed a bill that advocates say will help prevent opioid abuse after nearly a decade of failed attempts.

The GOP-controlled Missouri legislature passed several major initiatives in the just-completed 2021 session. But it wasn't exactly easy.

State Sen. Holly Rehder, R-Sikeston, has been trying to pass a prescription drug monitoring program since she was first elected to the legislature nine years ago.

The legislation previously passed the Senate last year, which has been the major hurdle in the past, but was derailed when the coronavirus disrupted the session. It now heads to the House.

On the latest edition of the Politically Speaking weekly news roundup, St. Louis Public Radio’s team of political reporters talks about the re-emergence…

The Missouri House of Representatives passed legislation on Monday to create a statewide prescription drug monitoring program. The program, designed to…

The Missouri House of Representatives is set to vote Monday on legislation that would create a statewide prescription drug monitoring program. The House…

As Chloe Owens looks toward the new year, she’s thinking about it from the perspective of an activist — and well aware of the challenges that come with…

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is working to change current Missouri law on HIV that they say hasn’t been updated since the 1980s. Rep. Holly Rehder,…

Missouri retained its lonely title as the only state without a statewide prescription drug monitoring program — for the seventh year in a row — after the…