ST. LOUIS COUNTY — If the state is considering eliminating career ladder raises for teachers, shouldn’t tax credits for developers be on the chopping block, too?

That was the bottom line today as Sen. Jason Crowell made a pitch to the…

JEFFERSON CITY — Pension finance is an eye-glazing subject, but it’s commanding plenty of attention as government retirement systems scramble to come up with enough money to offset steep stock market losses.

The board of the Missouri State Employees Retirement System…

JEFFERSON CITY — Legislation setting maximum caseloads for public defenders wouldn’t solve the overburdened system’s problems, Gov. Jay Nixon said today.

Nixon vetoed the bill (SB37), along with more than a dozen others. The actions wrapped up his decisions on legislation…

JEFFERSON CITY — Senate leaders will try again this morning to pass a jobs bill that caps historic preservation tax credits and increases several other business subsidies.

Senators made no progress on the bill during an evening session that didn’t…

JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri Senate leaders say the Ameren nuclear plant bill is unlikely to come back up for debate this week, but supporters and opponents of the bill will do their part tomorrow to keep the issue in the…

JEFFERSON CITY — In the end, it wasn’t so much a debate but a skirmish.

The two sides in the debate over the Legislative session’s major utility bill dug their heels in for 10 hours of debate Tuesday afternoon that didn’t…

Jason Crowell

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments this morning about details of who has to register as a sex offender.

The state appealed the case, Doe v. Keathley, after the appeals court ruled that those who were convicted…

JEFFERSON CITY — It looks like the debate over Gov. Jay Nixon’s economic development legislation might be lasting awhile longer.

The bill sailed through the Missouri House but has been held up in the Senate by some senators who want to do…

Charlie Shields

This post is from education writer Nancy Cambria.

Looks like it could be once, twice, three strikes you’re out for a proposal to create a 5-star quality rating system for Missouri’s licensed child care facilities.

Equating it with restaurant and hotel…

JEFFERSON CITY — Tune in tonight if you want to hear the long-awaited Senate debate on Gov. Jay Nixon’s jobs bill.

Senators plan to take up the bill at 8 p.m. and debate it as long as it takes to wrap…