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Legislation giving new power to Missouri’s attorney general and secretary of state has been sent to the governor’s desk.

A Missouri House committee advanced an amended Senate bill Monday that would end the University of Missouri’s exclusive permission to grant doctoral degrees. The new provision is tacked onto Senate Bill 150, sponsored by Republican state Sen. Jill Carter of Granby, which originally established a fund to reimburse tuition and book fees for students in […]

Back in March Trump illegally fired the Federal Trade Commission’s two Democratic Commissioners. With a captured Supreme Court and a 3-2 agency majority, Trumpism could have already done whatever it wanted at the FTC, so firing the two Democratic Commissioners was just scorched Earth; like applying napalm on the site of a nuclear strike. Real […]

Business group Greater St. Louis Inc. said last week it's hired an executive search firm to find a replacement for former CEO Jason Hall, after he left for a new job in Columbus, Ohio, in January.

WashU officials said Monday they’re pausing construction of the university’s new 110,000-square-foot Arts and Sciences building announced last fall.

“You shouldn’t be selling things that you have to constantly deal with trying to get rid of,” Tyler Wilson told a House committee on Monday.

“We’re not going to go along with something we think is unconstitutional,” said Aldermanic President Megan Green.

Employers must post a notice outlining the changes in wages and benefits beginning April 15.

Missouri cannabis regulators on Monday officially revoked another 25 facility licenses in a program designed to benefit disadvantaged business owners but plagued by allegations of predatory practices. Of the 96 microbusiness licenses issued by the state through a lottery since the program’s inception in 2023, regulators have revoked 34. Two were revoked for having a disqualifying felony offense on the owners’ record. The rest were for failing to show that the microbusiness licenses would…

KIRKWOOD, Mo. - Tim Ezell traveled to Kirkwood to visit Waigand Wheels, a nonprofit aimed at providing opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities. While visiting the organization, Ezell had the opportunity to speak with Executive Director Sam Waigand.

Efforts to reenact a law preventing the enforcement of federal gun laws in Missouri found opponents from throughout the state Monday at a Missouri Senate Committee on Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety hearing. In 2021, the legislature passed the “Second Amendment Preservation Act,” which prevented Missouri law officers from enforcing federal gun laws that were […]

Efforts to reenact a law preventing the enforcement of federal gun laws in Missouri found opponents from throughout the state Monday at a Missouri Senate Committee on Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety hearing. In 2021, the legislature passed the “Second Amendment Preservation Act,” which prevented Missouri law officers from enforcing federal gun laws that were […]

A bill that would give the Missouri Attorney General the authority to appeal judges’ decisions to temporarily block state law and change how ballot measures are written and certified was sent to the governor Monday. The House gave final approval to the bill in a 109-46 vote, with Democrats calling the legislation a “power grab” that targets a Jackson County judge’s temporary hold on the state’s strictest abortion regulations which opened the door for Missouri clinics to resume surgical…