Guns, Gambling And The Gas Tax: Previewing The 2020 Missouri Legislative Session
The 2020 session of the Missouri General Assembly, which convenes Wednesday, promises the usual array of legislative wrangling and partisan...
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20 episodesThe 2019 Missouri Legislative Session Recap: GOP Wins Big On Abortion, Economic Development
In this very special episode of KCUR’s Statehouse Blend Missouri podcast, we joined forces with St. Louis Public Radio’s Politically Speakin...
Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway Discusses The State Budget, Putnam County Hospitals
Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway ’s been busy, looking into Clay County’s finances, the attorney general’s office and raising questions abou...
Missouri Rep. Robert Sauls On Changing Criminal Justice Laws
Before getting into the Missouri House, Democrat Robert Sauls was a prosecutor, a public defender and a military lawyer. Perhaps it's no sur...
Freshman State Rep. Ashley Bland Manlove On The Budget, LGBTQ Issues
Missouri state Rep. Ashley Bland Manlove is the granddaughter and niece of state lawmakers, but she’s already making her own mark two months...
Will Sports Betting Be Missouri's Answer To Shrinking Revenue?
Missouri's budget director announced this week that revenues are down 7 percent compared to last year. While that may change as more people...
Missouri Sen. Dan Hegeman On The 2019 State Budget, Transportation Funding
Missouri Republicans have a firm grip on the state legislature, but among the party’s leadership roles, only one is filled by someone near K...
Statehouse Blend Missouri: Rep. DaRon McGee On The 2019 Legislative Session
The Missouri General Assembly convenes this week and Republicans are still in charge, with supermajorities largely unaffected by the 2018 el...
An End to Gerrymandering? Missouri's 2018 Ballot Questions
Midterm elections are just around the corner, but much of Missouri's ballot is covered with pot — and redistricting, ethics rules, a gas tax...
'Dark Money' Pours Into Missouri
The influence of money in today's politics is undeniable, in Missouri and everywhere else. We explore campaign contributions, PACs, "dark mo...
A Wild Political Year Races Toward November
The final slog to the November elections is underway, and Missouri's already wild political year holds the possibility of getting wilder yet...
Session Scorecard: GOP Agenda Wins
As the 2018 legislative session careened to an end, we took stock of what legislation passed, what didn't pass, and what was allowed to quie...
Battle For A Senate Seat In A Swing District
Missouri Reps. Lauren Arthur and Kevin Corlew are fighting over an exceedingly rare prize in Missouri politics: an open Senate seat in a dis...
The Second Greitens Report
Another week, another raft of bad news for Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens. A new report details his use of a charity donor list for campaign fu...
How A Governor’s Scandals May Shift The U.S. Senate
Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley seems headed for the Republican nomination to challenge incumbent U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill this f...
The Search For Common Ground On Guns
As students rally nationwide for more gun regulation, Missouri legislators are considering — and advancing — several bills to make firearms...
The Greitens Report
On Wednesday, a Missouri House committee released an explosive report about an affair Gov. Eric Greitens has admitted having with his former...
Missouri's Constant Abortion Debate
In some states, abortion is on the agenda just about every year. Missouri is one of those states, and it is one where efforts to regulate or...
How To Spend 28 Billion Dollars
The Missouri House has approved its budget for the 2018 fiscal year, and the ball is now in the Senate's court. It's no small thing getting...
Midterm Evaluation: Everything's Coming Up Greitens
As the Missouri General Assembly takes a spring break, we take a look at the term so far and what's left to be done. But like everyone else,...