Education bills become late-session battleground

By Jason Hancock | Editor-in-Chief

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Late-session lawmaking often turns narrow proposals into legislative vehicles. That is especially true in education, where a public school spending report bill is now attached to several measures and has reopened the fight over MOScholars oversight. The deadline gives each side leverage, but not much time.

By May 15, bills that haven’t cleared both chambers disappear, so the final weeks are as much about strategy as policy.

In Washington, a shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner is prompting a different kind of oversight question: whether presidential security has kept pace with the threat environment, and how far Congress should go in demanding answers.

by Annelise Hanshaw

A push for clearer school spending reports is moving on multiple bills, but the maneuver has given Democrats another opening to press for more scrutiny of the MOScholars voucher program.

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After a gunman was apprehended near the ballroom where President Donald Trump and senior officials were dining, Hawley wants Congress to examine presidential security and whether past reforms were carried out.

by Mamoun Benmamoun

Missouri businesses may soon begin applying for billions in tariff refunds after a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling, but who actually benefits is already becoming clear.

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