Gov. Mike Parson on Friday signed his first five bills into law since taking office, including one that exempts small farms from parts of the state’s clean water law.
The Missouri State Board of Education reapproved five charter schools Thursday, in its first meeting of the year after a standoff between lawmakers and former Gov. Eric Greitens left the group without enough members to meet for months.
New legislation passed in Missouri means that as early as next year, public school students in kindergarten through 12th grade could have the option of taking online courses for free.
The Missouri House has advanced a constitutional amendment that would require that only U.S. citizens be counted for the purposes of legislative redistricting.