Local legislators filled bills on topics including firearm possession, health care costs, wages, environmental changes and ...

Republicans vying for jobs allege Trump transition aide Boris Epshteyn has been mixing private consulting with his transition ...

Missouri does not allow anyone convicted of crimes to vote while incarcerated. Felons have to complete parole to be eligible.

Iowa Senate Democrats elected Sen. Janice Weiner of Iowa City as their new leader Friday. The number of Democrats in the Iowa ...

Following the election, there is new leadership in Missouri's upper chamber, making history in the Show Me State.

Sen. John Thune has won an internal election among Republican senators to become the chamber’s next majority leader ...

Thune beat out two other competitors, Sens. John Cornyn and Rick Scott, by gaining majority support from GOP senators in a ...

One Republican’s Missouri Senate victory, fueled in part by a section of Jackson County that has grown more conservative, could hold significant consequences for the prominent district.

The status-quo election result is the worst showing for Democrats ... the primary but was backed by about $425,000 in television spending by the GOP’s Senate PAC, the Missouri Senate Campaign ...

Senate President Pro Tem Cindy O'Laughlin, a Republican Shelbina, talks with reporters May (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). Republican and Democratic lawmakers gathered in Jefferson City ...

Republican Bob Onder won election to a U.S. House seat representing Missouri on Tuesday. Onder captured his first term in the 3rd District, which covers central and east-central Missouri, by ...

Measures to protect abortion access in Missouri, Nevada and Montana ... securing a full term after his victory in a special election earlier in the year. Senate Minority Whip John Thune and ...