Governor Mike Kehoe issued a proclamation Tuesday announcing a special legislative session to address disaster relief for Missourians, tax incentives for economic development, and budget appropriations. “We call on legislators to use this special session as a rare...
Which MCC priority bills passed during the legislative session and which didn’t? Click here to view the MCC End of Session Report, which shows the final action of bills on which the MCC had a position. You can also listen to the Missouri Catholic Conference's latest...
Christopher “Kit” Bond, a former Missouri governor and U.S. Senator, died Tuesday at 86. Bond served two terms as Missouri governor (1973 to 1977 and 1981 to 1985) and served in the U.S. Senate from 1987 to 2011. While in the U.S. Senate, he worked on issues such as...
The Missouri House this week finished its work on an almost $48 billion budget plan to fund state operations in the next fiscal year. The plan appropriates nearly $2.1 billion less than Gov. Mike Kehoe recommended in his budget proposal, including $800 million less in...
Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, has filed a motion for the return of the Eucharist, a consecrated host and consecrated wine a satanic group claims to have stolen, with the archbishop stating that all sacred species are the property of the Catholic...
As we reported last week, the 2025 legislative session has reached its halfway point with a much more unified tone than past sessions as each chamber has already passed several bills. To listen to the mid-session legislative roundtable podcast featuring MCC lobbyists...
Governor Mike Kehoe celebrated a pair of legislative victories this week before legislators left for their spring break. The House on Wednesday passed one of Kehoe’s top priorities–a state takeover of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department–with seven Democrats...
If you missed the latest issue of the MCC Good News in your mailbox or inbox, you can read it here. We cover the start of the legislative session, review our 2025 Public Policy Priorities, and announce the Citizen Recognition Award winners. We also highlight the...
On Tuesday, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) filed a lawsuit challenging the government’s unlawful suspension of funding for its refugee admissions program. The full legal filing is available here. Chieko Noguchi, the director of public affairs...
During his speech on Tuesday afternoon on the House floor of the Missouri State Capitol, Governor Mike Kehoe addressed several areas he intends the state to focus on during the 2025 legislative session, including public safety, education funding, care for mothers and...