Show-Me Session Ending Without Drama?!?

Actually . . .

The calmer session was mostly due to hyper-partisan coverage from BOTH SIDES that sought to advance and/or complain about boring policy RATHER THAN reporting that most people want to see that's focused on personalities, grudge matches and egos. 

To be fair . . . 

There's really not much cash to be made by trying to sell the antics of Jeff City and so that political fundraising "journalism" is likely more profitable.  

Here's the damage and the illusion of progress . . . 

Republicans used their supermajorities to advance major pieces of Gov. Mike Kehoe’s agenda, including a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at expanding the sales tax to replace the income tax, a ban on intoxicating hemp products, a wide-ranging public safety package and new abortion legislation. Lawmakers also approved a $50.7 billion state budget and a health care bill expanding maternal care, contraception access and telehealth.

But the session’s defining feature may have been that the legislature mostly functioned.

“I think we can agree that this session was productive and resulted in monumental wins for many Missourians,” Kehoe told reporters Thursday. “While we may not always agree on every issue, I believe Missourians are best served when leaders show up, work hard and stay focused on results. This year, the General Assembly did exactly that.”

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Missouri legislature ends 2026 session marked by GOP wins, fewer meltdowns * Missouri Independent

The Missouri General Assembly adjourned Friday without the factional warfare and late-session meltdowns that have come to define the Capitol in recent years.