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It is the final day of the legislative session for the Missouri General Assembly. Tune in here to follow along. The most recent stories will be on top, so read from the bottom up to get a picture of the day under the dome. 2:55 p.m. — Major legislation in limbo as Senate adjourns abruptly Democratic anger over how they have been treated in the Missouri Senate has boiled over into an abrupt adjournment, bringing the 2021 legislative session to a screeching halt. Sen. John Rizzo, D-Independence, made the motion to adjourn a little bit after 2 p.m. Friday. Such a motion cannot be debated. That...

Missourinet Missouri House votes to give final approval to feral hog legislation; bill to be tweaked in Senate Legislation boosting criminal penalties for those who knowingly release feral hogs into the wild is heading to the Missouri Senate, after receiving final House approval on Thursday. The bipartisan vote was 108-38. State Rep. Don Rone (R-Portageville), who chairs the Missouri House Agriculture Policy Committee, speaks on the House floor on April 27, 2021 (photo courtesy of Tim Bommel at House Communications) “When you have groups like the (Missouri) Farm Bureau and the (Missouri) De...

The sun rises over rush-hour traffic on Interstate 64 in St. Louis County. Missourians could soon be freed from the dreaded and laborious practice of changing their clocks twice a year. That’s because the Missouri House that would permanently put the state at daylight saving time if three of eight bordering states follow suit. In the year the three bordering states follow suit, each state would switch clocks to daylight saving for the last time. Then the time formerly known as daylight saving time will become standard time. It’s a move that proponents say provides a boost for outdoor bus...

Originally published on April 13, 2021 4:12 pm Lawmakers could be chipping away at Missouri’s excuse-based absentee ballot system by creating a three-week period in which voters can cast their ballots early in person. But even though that proposal appears to have momentum, some election officials believe that the idea is still too restrictive — and largely keeps in place an ineffective excuse-based system that scares voters from casting absentee ballots. In order to cast an absentee ballot in Missouri, a voter has to check off a specific excuse — such as being out of town on Election...

/ Missouri could implement a three-week period when a voter could cast an absentee ballot in person for any reason. Lawmakers could be chipping away at Missouri’s excuse-based absentee ballot system by creating a three-week period in which voters can cast their ballots early in person. But even though that proposal appears to have momentum, some election officials believe that the idea is still too restrictive — and largely keeps in place an ineffective excuse-based system that scares voters from casting absentee ballots. In order to cast an absentee ballot in Missouri, a voter has to che...