The Missouri General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Missouri. The bicameral General Assembly is composed of a 34-member Senate, and a 163-member House of Representatives. Members of both houses of the General Assembly are subject to term limits. Senators are limited to two four-year terms, and representatives to four two-year terms; a total of 8 years for members of both houses.
The General Assembly meets at the State Capitol in Jefferson City.
Members of the House of Representatives must be 24 years of age to be elected. Representatives also must be a qualified Missouri voter for two years, and a resident of the county or district of their constituency for one year. Senators must be 30 years of age, a qualified Missouri voter for three years, and similar to House qualifications, must be a resident of their senatorial constituency for one year prior to their election.
Sessions and quorum
According to Article III, Section 20 of the Missouri Constitution, the General Assembly must convene on the first Wednesday after the first Monday in January following the state general election. It adjourns on May 30, with no consideration of bills after 6:00 p.m. on the first Friday following the second Monday in May. No appropriation bill may be considered after 6:00 p.m. on the first Friday after the first Monday in May. If the Governor returns a bill with his objections after adjournment sine die, the General Assembly is automatically reconvened on the first Wednesday following the second Monday in September for a period not to exceed ten days to consider vetoed bills.
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Missouri (see pronunciations) is a state located in the Midwestern United States. It is the 21st most extensive, and the 18th most populous of the fifty states. The state comprises 114 counties and the independent city of St. Louis.
As defined by the 2010 US census, the four largest urban areas in order of population are St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, and Columbia. The mean center of the United States population at the 2010 census was in the town of Plato in Texas County. The state's capital is Jefferson City. The land that is now Missouri was acquired from France as part of the Louisiana Purchase and became known as the Missouri Territory. Part of this territory was admitted into the union as the 24th state on August 10, 1821.
Missouri's geography is highly varied. The northern part of the state lies in dissected till plains and the southern portion lies in the Ozark Mountains (a dissected plateau), with the Missouri River dividing the regions. The state lies at the intersection of the three greatest rivers of the United States, with the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers near St. Louis, and the confluence of the Ohio River with the Mississippi north of the Bootheel. The starting points for the Pony Express, Santa Fe Trail, and Oregon Trail were all located in Missouri as well.
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Missouri is a rock band from Kansas City, Missouri, known primarily for the song "Movin' On".
During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Ron West was part of a well-remembered Kansas City band, The Chesmann, with his two brothers Gary and Steve. Heavily inspired by British invasion groups, the band played both live covers and recorded original studio material. Gary West was also a member of the band Shooting Star, which scored several modest AOR hits in the late 1970 and early 1980s.
Led by Ron West, the band's self-titled first album was released in 1977 on a label called Panama Records. Even though Panama was an independent label, the band garnered substantial airplay on American FM AOR radio stations, specifically with the track "Movin On". Missouri's first gig was opening for Firefall in Emporia, Kansas. Missouri toured nationally with many major label acts such as Ted Nugent, Golden Earring, among many others.
A second album, "Welcome Two Missouri", was released on the larger and international Polydor label in 1979, including a re-recorded version of "Movin On" minus the original intro. By this time two of the original line up had dropped out. No further recordings except a repackaging of recordings from the previous albums called the best of Missouri. Missouri songs are available on iTunes.
Missouri Wine refers to wine made from grapes grown in the U.S. state of Missouri. German immigrants in the early-to-mid-19th century, founded the wine industry in Missouri, resulting in its wine corridor being called the Missouri "Rhineland". Later Italian immigrants also entered wine production. In the mid-1880s, more wine was produced by volume in Missouri than in any other state. Before Prohibition, Missouri was the second-largest wine-producing state in the nation. Missouri had the first area recognized as a federally designated American Viticultural Area with the Augusta AVA acknowledged on June 20, 1980. There are now four AVAs in Missouri. In 2009 there were 92 wineries operating in the state of Missouri.
Some Native American tribes cultivated local varieties of grapes. These species were developed further by later German Americans and Italian Americans.
German immigrants to the Missouri River valley established vineyards and wineries on both sides of the river. Hermann, Missouri, settled by Germans in 1837, had ideal conditions to grow grapes for wine. By 1848 winemakers there produced 10,000 US gallons (37,900 l) per year, expanding to 100,000 US gallons (378,500 l) per year by 1856. Overall, the state produced 2,000,000 US gallons (7,570,800 l) per year by the 1880s, the most of any state in the nation.Stone Hill Winery in Hermann became the second largest in the nation (and the third largest in the world), shipping a million barrels of wine by the turn of the 20th century. Its wines won awards at world fairs in Vienna in 1873 and Philadelphia in 1876.
'Drive high, get a DUI': MoDOT campaigns against drug-impaired driving
Columbia Missourian 18 Apr 2019
Driving while under the influence of marijuana has become a chronic problem for Missouri ... Medical marijuana is legal in 34 states, including Missouri, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures ... He said the Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety is trying to end the myth about driving safely while under the influence of marijuana....
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Senate boosts MU research center funding
Columbia Daily Tribune 18 Apr 2019
JEFFERSON CITY — The University of Missouri System might get one-fifth of the funding it requested from the state legislature for a new medical research facility on the Columbia campus.Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Dan Hegeman, R-Cosby, proposed $10 million for the Translational Precision Medicine Complex during a committee ... ....
Voters in Missouri approved ethics reform. Republican lawmakers are now trying to undo it.
JEFFERSON CITY • Just as Democrats predicted, legislation that would reverse an ethics reform initiative approved by voters in November has surfaced in the Republican-led Missouri Legislature ... map-making process to reduce or reverse the GOP super-majorities in the Legislature....
The Latest: Agency that runs Missouri River dams criticized
Journal Review 17 Apr 2019
The federal agency that manages dams along the Missouri River received stern criticism from several U.S ... The Wednesday hearing is being held in Glenwood, Iowa, after spring flooding along the Missouri River caused more than $3 billion in damage in the region ... Missouri River United States North America Iowa....
Blunt says he's making the case for Rocheport bridge repair money
Blunt, R-Missouri, visited the Missouri House of Representatives on Wednesday for his annual address ... He compared the way the Missouri and Mississippi rivers are managed. “The Mississippi River is managed totally different than the Missouri River," Blunt said ... Supervising editor is Mark Horvit, horvitm@missouri.edu....
Capitol Perspectives: Let Parson be Parson
DSJ Now 17 Apr 2019
As the Kansas City Star noted just before the legislature went on its spring break, it's been a rough beginning for Missouri's Republican governor ... Parson's handling of these issues is a complete opposite of the man I covered when he was in the Missouri Senate ... Phill Brooks has been a Missouri statehouse reporter since 1970....
EDITORIAL: GOP defends local control, unless a hog farm wants to move in
The Missouri Legislature is considering two Republican measures that, together, would effectively yank away local authority on an array of agricultural issues, from regulation of big hog-farm odor to inspections of puppy mills ... Missouri has a sorry history of puppy-mill controversies....
Voters finally found a way to get things done and now politicians are thwarting them
Herald Mail 16 Apr 2019
In Missouri, Republican Gov ... This is an important package supported by Republicans, Democrats and independents to raise ethical standards, reduce the influence of money in politics, and prevent gerrymandering — all to ensure the state legislature is responsive to everyday Missouri voters....
Senate approves $307 million bond plan for Missouri bridges
The vote comes after months of discussion over how to revamp Missouri’s bridges, 60 percent of which are past their original lifespans ... “Today’s strong bipartisan vote is a result of focused efforts by the legislature as we work together on an infrastructure plan to move Missouri forward,” the governor said....
All Missouri's statewide officials would be term-limited under measure approved by Senate
JEFFERSON CITY • All of Missouri’s statewide elected officials would be subject to term limits under legislation advancing in the Missouri Legislature ... gave $450,000 to the Missouri Senate Conservatives Fund, which then passed the money ......
He's gone from office, but Greitens is still paying legal bills