Missouri House of Representatives

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

Kendall Martinez-Wright, the first Black transgender woman to run for the Missouri House, discusses the campaign’s toll on her mental health and her diagnosis of bipolar disorder on "St. Louis on the Air."

Tuesday’s hearing was only the latest example of legislative criticism of the Department of Social Services.

The lawmakers also discussed how bipartisanship can help cool tensions in an often-contentious legislative arena.

The top Democrat in the Senate says calls to action against Biden's vaccination plan amount to "sound and fury."

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.