Category: Senator Karla Eslinger

Delivering on a Promise If you read my previous legislative column, you may recall the General Assembly was back in Jefferson City for an extra

Things Left Undone With school back in session and those yellow buses back on our rural roads, I’ve been reflecting on some of the successes

Celebrating Liberty Like so many of you, I’m looking forward to gathering with friends and family to celebrate the July 4th holiday. All across our

The Signature of Approval The Legislature has been out of session for more than a month, but the work of representing the 33rd Senatorial District

The End of Session The Second Regular Session of the 101st General Assembly has come to a close. The Senate ended legislative activity Thursday evening

Protecting Property Rights and Returning Taxes As we approach the end of the 2022 legislative session, the Missouri Senate took two major actions that will

Being True to My School As a member of the Missouri Senate, I’m expected to be in Jefferson City while the Legislature is in session.

An Opportunity to Address Needs In previous Capitol reports, I’ve mentioned the “markup” process, when the Senate Appropriations Committee proposes changes to budget bills sent

Legislation with Real Impact The Senate continued to move legislation forward this week. We passed several Senate bills and sent them onto the House of

Planting Seeds for Growth in Agriculture With the May 13 end of session already looming on the horizon, the Senate put the theatrics of recent

Working Together While much of the news coming out of the Missouri Senate this week focused on the continuing struggle to pass a congressional redistricting

Moving Bills Through Committee The Missouri Senate returned from its one-week mid-session recess with a renewed focus on moving legislation forward. We had a busy

Friends Old and New Every 10 years, following the U.S. Census, legislative district maps are redrawn to reflect shifting populations. A lot of attention has

Last Day to File Bills We reached a milestone in the 2022 legislative session this week. March 1 was the last day senators could file

Supplemental Budget Approved This past week, the first bill to cross the legislative finish line during the 2022 session reached the governor’s desk. House Bill

Getting Back to Workforce Development The Senate returned to some level of normalcy this week as we refocused our efforts on moving legislation forward. The

The Redistricting Blues If someone had told me a week ago that I would be in Jefferson City listening to Senate floor debate on a

A Busy Capitol Week It was an eventful week in the Missouri Senate, with committees taking testimony on proposed legislation, spirited discussions about congressional redistricting

Investing in Infrastructure One of the most anticipated events of the legislative session is the governor’s State of the State address. This week, the General

Committee Work Begins Legislative activity is well underway as the Missouri General Assembly completes the second week of our 18-week session. More than 450 separate

The 2022 Session Begins This past week I returned to Jefferson City for the start of the 2022 legislative session. It was great to get

Looking to the Year Ahead With Missouri’s 2022 legislative session just around the corner, you can expect to see more frequent communications from my office