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The bad blood between Republican lawmakers and the Missouri Department of Transportation hasn't undermined the push to expand I-70.

Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe reported raising roughly $650,000 during the first three months of the year, vastly outpacing his two likely rivals for the GOP nomination for Missouri governor.

Ashcroft has been willing to acknowledge and elevate those that have promoted conspiracy theories and false claims about elections.

Jay Ashcroft was elected secretary of state in 2016 and re-elected in 2020. He has assured the state’s elections are safe and secure while also uplifting and supporting conspiracy theories about voter fraud.

Efforts to restrict foreign ownership of Missouri land got another Senate hearing Wednesday in a Senate committee.

Missouri legislators heard testimony Tuesday night urging them to remove an anti-abortion provision from a bill that seeks to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage out of concern it could put federal approval at risk.

Missouri Secretary of State John "Jay" Ashcroft announced Thursday morning he is running for governor in 2024.

Efforts to restrict foreign ownership of Missouri land got another Senate hearing Wednesday by the Senate Committee on Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety.

Missouri lawmakers are proposing a constitutional amendment that would enshrine county sheriffs offices in the Constitution and allow them to disregard federal and state laws they view as unconstitutional.

A Senate committee heard proposed legislation that would enshrine the role of county sheriff’s departments into the state constitution.