Missouri House of Representatives

The Federal Reimbursement Allowance Tax on health care providers will continue funding the state’s portion of Medicaid. The House also passed a bill Wednesday defunding Planned Parenthood, but its future is unclear.

The tax on health care providers is free of controversial amendments, but the same committee passed a separate bill that would defund Planned Parenthood.

A ban on chokeholds, expanded police background checks and higher pay for most county sheriffs are in the bipartisan, compromise bill.

Missouri's budget does not include money to extend Medicaid to 275,000 low-income people, despite a constitutional amendment approved by voters.

The Missouri House has approved sweeping legislation that covers a wide range of law enforcement matters, most notably a provision that could make protesting in the middle of a street a felony.

The House passed a wide-ranging bill with amendments including limits on local government closures and regulations on how school boards hear from angry parents.

In a nearly unanimous vote Wednesday, the Missouri House expelled Rep. Rick Roeber.

Some lawmakers are worried schoolchildren will be waiting for their buses in the dark.

The bill to allow unrestricted tuition increases now goes to the Missouri Senate after House lawmakers passed it Tuesday.

The Imperial Republican discusses a multitude of issues percolating around election administration and redistricting policy.