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A Missouri House committee will hear testimony this week on a tax overhaul that has already cleared the state Senate.

A Missouri Senate committee is considering legislation that would bar retailers from charging consumers an extra fee for paying with a credit card.

Missouri senators gave a first-round approval to legislation that would  create new incentives for high-tech businesses and international exports while paring back existing tax credits.

Missouri legislators are cutting their work week short because of concerns about a winter storm.

The Illinois Senate has voted to lift a state ban on same-sex marriage.

Illinois senators have sent Governor Pat Quinn a bill providing hundreds of millions of dollars for road work and money for more child-abuse investigators.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - A bill being considered by a state Senate committee would have Missouri first-graders taking a gun safety course.

(JEFFERSON CITY)--The Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee will take public comments on the state’s budget at a hearing today.

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin says the debate on gun control has been avoided for too long.

The Illinois Senate has chosen John Cullerton as president for another two-year term.