Democrats pledged that the motion to end debate, unused since 2020, will mean confrontation and the end of cooperation.

The governor's plan to convince the Chiefs and Royals to stay in Missouri hit a wall of resistance in the Senate — and was ultimately abandoned after Republican lawmakers cut off debate and forced through measures to ban abortion and repeal paid sick leave.

Abortion access will go once again before Missouri voters. This time in the form of House Joint Resolution 73, which passed in the Missouri Senate on Wednesday.

Missouri is one step closer to repealing part of Proposition A, or “Prop A,” which increases the state’s minimum wage and requires paid sick time.

Bond’s political career spanned four decades, during which he went from young, relatively liberal whiz kid to born-again conservative.

He helped create the modern state GOP as governor and U.S. senator, sharply defending Republican ideals with wit. | Opinion