This allowed the Missouri Compromise to become possible, as Missouri and Maine could then be accepted without upsetting the Senate's balance between free and slave states. The compromise admitted ...

Senate Republicans' decision to force through a proposed abortion ban and repeal of sick leave requirements led to an early ...

After months of filibusters and negotiations, a rarely used legislative tactic forced votes. The post Missouri legislature ...

In 1820 the Missouri Compromise was passed to sort out this issue. By 1819, the US was made up of 22 states - evenly split between Slave States and Free States. In November 1819, Missouri ...

Lawmakers approved a proposal to repeal Missouri’s paid sick leave law. It now awaits the governor’s signature.

Missouri’s budget analysts predict $13.35 billion in general revenue for this fiscal year’s state budget, a 0.6% decline from ...

Missouri lawmakers have approved a measure to repeal the state’s paid sick leave law, which was initially passed by voters as ...

Missouri State Sen. Cindy O’Laughlin speaks ... Although Democrats said they were close to a compromise to block the repeal amid a 10-hour filibuster, Senate President Cindy O’Laughlin pulled ...

The issue was resolved by a two-part compromise. First, Missouri gained admission to the Union as a slave state, with a provision that portions of the Louisiana Territory lying north of 36' 30 ...