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

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Special to St. Louis Public Radio Missouri lawmakers toss paper into the air to commemorate the end of the 2021 legislative session. The last day of the Missouri General Assembly’s legislative session ended with a thud when the Senate adjourned without approving a must-pass bill that helps fund the state’s Medicaid system. It was an anticlimatic end to a legislative session that failed to fund voter-approved Medicaid expansion but featured passage of long-sought legislation that could have...

/ Missouri lawmakers passed a 12.5 cent gas tax increase Tuesday that will be spread out over five years. Gov. Mike Parson will likely sign the measure. The Missouri House gave final approval late Tuesday to raising the state’s gas tax by 12.5 cents over the next five years, a hard-fought victory for advocates of finding a dedicated funding source for transportation projects. The Senate passed the bill earlier in the session. The increase now goes to Gov. Mike Parson who is expected to sign i...

St. Louis Public Radio Missouri lawmakers passed a 12.5 cent gas tax increase Tuesday that will be spread out over five years. Gov. Mike Parson will likely sign the measure. Senate President Pro Tem Dave Schatzs bill would raise the gas tax 2.5 cents a year for five years. The Missouri House gave final approval late Tuesday to raising the state’s gas tax by 12.5 cents over the next five years, a hard-fought victory for advocates of finding a dedicated funding source for transportation proje...

The Missouri State Capitol building located in Jefferson City, Missouri. Passage of a tax credit for donors of educational scholarships could open the door to other bills making it across the legislative finish line. The Missouri General Assembly will move into its final week of regular session Monday with scores of key priorities left unpassed, leaving lots of uncertainty about what will end up making it to Gov. Mike Parson’s desk. But the passage of key education-related legislation last we...

Listen • 5:01 Autumn Stultz makes too much money to qualify for Medicaid, but would if Missouri follows through with a ballot initiative that passed last year. With the legislature refusing to fund expansion, Stultz, who works as a caregiver for her mother in Springfield, is understandably anxious about whether she can afford medical care for herself. “They’re not listening to the Missouri voters. They’re not listening to their constituents,” Stultz said. “And it...

/ Missouri lawmakers are mulling whether to make it harder to pass ballot initiatives. Autumn Stultz makes too much money to qualify for Medicaid, but would if Missouri follows through with a ballot initiative that passed last year. With the legislature refusing to fund expansion, Stultz, who works as a caregiver for her mother in Springfield, is understandably anxious about whether she can afford medical care for herself. “They’re not listening to the Missouri voters. They’re not listeni...

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/ Nick Myers, a certified public accountant from Newton County, was recently elected to be the chairman of the Missouri Republican Party. For newly elected Missouri Republican Party Chairman Nick Myers, his primary goal as leader of the state GOP is pretty simple. “My goal is to elect Republicans,” Myers said. Myers, a certified public accountant from Newton County and longtime party insider, said Missouri Republicans are well positioned to defend a U.S. Senate seat and capture the state au...