Category: Senator Barbara Washington

Week of Dec. 27, 2021 State Minimum Wage Set to Increase Beginning Jan. 1 The standard statewide minimum wage for most Missouri workers will increase

Week of Dec. 13, 2021 The ACT score requirement for Missouri’s Bright Flight scholarship will be increasing to 32 for students graduating from high school

Week of Sept. 27, 2021 Since August 28, many of the bills passed by the General Assembly and signed by the governor have become law

Week of Sept. 13, 2021 Lawmakers returned to the Missouri State Capitol on Wednesday, Sept. 15, for the annual, constitutionally-mandated veto session. This session provides

Week of July 19, 2021 In 2005, Congress passed the REAL ID Act to help strengthen security standards for state-issued licenses and IDs following the

Week of July 12, 2021 In 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated that roughly 12% of Missouri households faced food insecurity, which means they

Week of June 14, 2021 This week, the governor signed into law House Bill 271, a local government omnibus bill. Among the bill’s numerous provisions

Week of May 31, 2021 The First Regular Session of the 101st General Assembly has formally wrapped up, but the lawmaking process continues to play

Week of May 17, 2021 After four and a half months of policy discussions and debates, the 2021 legislative session came to a close on

Week of April 26, 2021 This week, over a dozen appropriations bills were voted on by the Missouri Senate as it finalized its version of

Week of April 19, 2021 This week, the Senate’s Appropriations Committee completed its work on the state’s operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year. This

Week of March 22, 2021 This week, the Missouri Senate debated legislation directly impacting the Kansas City region. Senate Bills 53 & 60 would lift

Week of March 8, 2021 The Missouri Senate dedicated part of the week to discussing two tax proposals. The first tax bill discussed was Senate

Week of February 15, 2021 The Missouri General Assembly recently truly agreed to and finally passed the first bill of the 2021 legislative session. The

Week of January 25, 2021 On January 20, Americans witnessed history being made. That day, we saw the inauguration of the 46th president of the

Legislative Column for the Week of Jan. 11, 2021 The First Regular Session of the 101st General Assembly began on Jan. 6, 2021. On the