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Lawmakers in 2015 failed to pass an overhaul of Missouri’s standards for the admission of expert witnesses in court.

Former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens raised more than $2 million for a Republican campaign for Missouri governor, toured the state and displayed a sign that read “GREITENS. GOVERNOR” in capital letters while talking with supporters at a Jefferson City ...

Voters next year will pick more than a new governor — the election likely will either ensure Missouri becomes the 26th right-to-work state or remains a holdout in the national push for the measure despite being surrounded mostly by states ...

Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature put a conservative stamp on state employment laws Wednesday, voting to cut unemployment benefits to one of the shortest periods nationally while also outlawing local minimum wage increases. Internal Republican dissention doomed another high-profile measure, as the ...

Missouri Republican senators on Tuesday chose Majority Leader Ron Richard to be the new Senate president pro tem. If elected by the full Senate, Richard would be the only person in state history to serve both as House speaker and ...

Numerous new Missouri laws took effect Friday, ranging from legislation addressing concerns about court fines raised after the fatal police shooting of a black 18-year-old in Ferguson to child-proof packaging for liquid nicotine used in electronic cigarettes. Here is a ...

Missouri’s Republican-led Senate appears to have enough support to override Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of a bill that would enact one of the nation’s strictest limits for unemployment benefits. Although the legality of the veto override remains in doubt, ...

Most of Missouri’s potential Republican candidates for governor expressed opposition Thursday to raising taxes for transportation funding, as they gathered under the same tent with other politicians to shake hands with voters at the Missouri State Fair. The annual Governor’s ...

Missouri’s former top senator has taken a new job with a St. Louis-based lobbying firm. The Gate Way Group said Wednesday that former Senate President Pro Tem Tom Dempsey will serve as its director of business development and oversee efforts ...

Emails provided to AP show University of Missouri School of Law associate professor Josh Hawley argued to university attorneys that his records don't fall under the Sunshine Law. Hawley is running for attorney general, the statewide elected official whose office is in part responsible for enforcing the state's open records laws.

This expression of gratitude came just days after the Associated Press reported that some Missouri lawmakers may be looking to override Nixon’s veto of the two bills, which would increase court fees to cover crumbling courthouses across the state.