The provision wouldn't apply to the Missouri River.

UPDATE: The bill  passed the Legislature. On to the governor!

UPDATE 2: One astute representative pointed out that “polypropylene coolers,” which the bill outlawed, don’t exist, but polystyrene coolers do. Perhaps styrofoam coolers…

Home-schoolers gather on the Capitol steps.

UPDATE: The bill has passed 110-46 with the home-school fix. It now goes back to the Senate.

JEFFERSON CITY — Hundreds of home-schooled students and their parents showed up at the Capitol today to protest a…

JEFFERSON CITY — The House of Representatives has approved by a vote of 89 to 72 an interim committee made up of representatives and senators to oversee the use of ARRA funds.

The Senate previously approved the measure 33 to 0.

Some…

Sen. Matt Bartle votes aye on a 2004 DNA testing bill.

JEFFERSON CITY — The House has sent a bill that would expand DNA profiling to the governor.

The bill, sponsored by Rep. Marilyn Ruestman, R-Joplin, would require that anyone arrested for some…

Rep. Jake Zimmerman poses with a friend he brought to the floor during the debate.

JEFFERSON CITY — The House has passed a resolution that urges Congress to encourage horse slaughter plants and not ban the transportation of horses.

The controversial resolution wouldn’t…

Some Republican representatives have displayed this sign in or near their office

JEFFERSON CITY — The two House Republicans who said Gov. Jay Nixon’s deputy chief of staff tried to solicit votes for jobs have signed affidavits to that effect.

As reported…

Chris Koster

JEFFERSON CITY — Craigslist will remove the “erotic services” part of the site after a meeting with Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster and attorneys general of other states.

The erotic services section of the site will expire in a week, and it…

UPDATE: The House just sent the bill to a conference between the chambers. Rep. Scott Lipke, R-Jackson, pointed to the sexting provision as one that would be discussed.

JEFFERSON CITY — The Senate attached an amendment outlawing “sexting” among minors with…

Cameras have been installed at intersections around the region

JEFFERSON CITY — The House of Representatives added a section regulating the use of red light cameras to an omnibus local government bill last night.

Rep. Brian Yates, R-Lee’s Summit, sponsored the amendment,…

Rachel Storch

JEFFERSON CITY — As we reported a few months ago, St. Louis Democrat Rep. Rachel Storch’s name has been thrown around in the case of a possible Secretary of State opening.

Of course, the next time opening might be if…