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St. Louis Public Radio Missouri House Speaker Rob Vescovo (left) and Speaker Pro Tem John Wieman address the media Friday after the legislature approved a $35 billion budget that does not include funding for Medicaid expansion. JEFFERSON CITY — The Republican-controlled Missouri legislature passed a $35 billion spending plan on Friday afternoon without including funding to expand Medicaid. A 2020 constitutional amendment voters passed would add 275,000 low-income Missourians to the health care plan, with the federal government picking up 90% of the cost. But lawmakers declined to put the ...

By Grace Zokovitch & Columbia Missourian • 1 hour ago Questions of political opportunism circulated the Senate as an overwhelmingly popular effort to halt the repayment of overpaid unemployment benefits was derailed by a last-minute substitute. The bill, HB 1083, would require the Department of Labor to stop charging Missourians who were overpaid unemployment benefits during the pandemic. The bill had already passed the House and was well on its way to passing with bipartisan support in the Senate on Monday evening. Then Sen. Mike Bernskoetter, R-Jefferson City, amended the ...

Missouri bill targeting environmental protections moves ahead in House Allison Kite Missouri Independent Missouri legislators are moving forward with an effort to loosen the state’s environmental regulations that critics contend could harm the state’s water and air — and its budget.  Business groups and Republican lawmakers say the bill would help businesses that are treated unfairly by an “aggressive” Missouri Department of Natural Resources.  “At the end of the day, these are attacks on businesses and individuals,” Sen. Eric Burlison, a Battlefield Republican, told colleague...

Parson cut deal with Democrats to pave Graves’ path to University of Missouri curators By Rudi Keller Republican Gov. Mike Parson cut a deal this week with Senate Democrats to break a filibuster over the nomination of former Republican Party Chairman Todd Graves to the University of Missouri Board of Curators. Democrats were promised a chance to screen potential nominees so at least one of two St. Louis-area seats will be given to a graduate of the university’s Kansas City campus, said Sen. Greg Razer, D-Kansas City. But the governor refused a deal with Graves’ Republican opponents th...

0:56 Smith gathered with his family at his home Tuesday night, as results became clear. Smith said he is grateful for the support from mid-Missouri voters from the 45th district and is excited to represent them. “The voters and the supporters have been tremendous,” Smith said. “The bottom line is that change has come to Missouri. And I'm excited for the citizens. And hope is on the horizon.”  Once the votes are certified, Smith said his first priority when he takes office will be sticking to his campaign goal and working to amend voting rights legislation. “We need to attack these ...