Good morning, Missouri. It's the week of June 2nd, 2025, and the legislature is back in session to discuss money for the Chiefs and Royals, construction projects, and storm relief.
Missouri's legislature is part-time and it adjourns in May each year. However, the legislature can come back for overtime in two circumstances: one, it can call a special session on its own, or two, what happens more often, the Governor can call an extraordinary session on specific topics. That's what happened here.
The big ticket item in this session will be state funding for new stadiums for the Chiefs and Royals. Second on the list will be state funding for a series of construction projects that didn't make it across the finish line during the regular session of the legislature this year. And bringing up the rear will be funding for families impacted by recent storms, including the tornado that devastated North St. Louis City, and that has forced some families to live in tents while awaiting help from somewhere. Families always seem to be bringing up the rear lately.
The big debate will be in the state Senate, which saw its regular session this year end with a lot of bad blood after enough senators voted to shut down debate and force through two changes to initiatives that Missourians just passed last election. Voters last year just chose to end Missouri's abortion ban and require earned paid sick leave and an increase to the minimum wage. Senators decided to put the abortion ban back up for another vote and just totally scrap the earned paid sick leave and wage increase thing.
Will in fighting end this session before it begins? A lot is uncertain, but one thing you can bet on is if a deal does get done, those sports team owners are gonna get a whole lot more money than the people living in tents in St. Louis City.
Elad Gross is a civil rights, constitutional law, and government transparency attorney in Missouri. Connect with Elad at EladGross.org
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