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With just a day left before the Missouri legislative clock runs out, some of the bills left unfinished include one to legalize sports betting, another to create an open enrollment system for public schools, and a ballot item to raise the threshold to amend the Missouri Constitution.

Lawmakers have until 6 p.m. Friday to finish work on a host of key issues.

A proposal making it harder to pass constitutional amendments, which one Democrat called "dog poop with icing," is one step away from a statewide ballot.

The Missouri Senate remained bogged down in GOP infighting Wednesday night while time ticked down towards Friday adjournment. 

Missouri lawmakers must adjourn for the year at 6 p.m. on Friday, leaving just five days to complete work on some of the highest-profile — and controversial — items on the GOP supermajority’s agenda.

A proposal making it harder to pass constitutional amendments, which a Democrat called “dog poop with icing,” is one step away from a ballot.

Missouri lawmakers must adjourn for the year at 6 p.m. on Friday, leaving just five days to complete work on some of the highest-profile — and controversial — items on the GOP …

Missouri lawmakers must adjourn for the year at 6 p.m. on Friday, leaving just five days to complete work on items on the GOP agenda. 

With just about an hour to spare before the constitutional deadline, Missouri lawmakers on Friday approved a record state budget of almost $51 billion that increases pay for highway patrol troopers and direct care workers and one of the biggest boosts in years for higher education.

The Missouri Senate voted Friday to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage from 60 days to one year, sending the bill to Gov. Mike Parsons desk for his signature or veto.