Even though Missouri Senate President Pro Temp Caleb Rowden has announced his intention to run for Secretary of State, he’s still focused on trying to get something accomplished in a year when many senators are running for higher office … Rowden has introduced a bill to increase the penalty for …

Missouri Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia) is hopeful about the 2024 legislative session in Jefferson City. He joined us live on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” and touts education. He says legislation expanding the Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESA) program will hit the Senate floor this week. …

Jefferson City Police Chief Eric Wilde confirms that Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s home was swatted Sunday evening. Chief Wilde tells 939 the Eagle that JCPD is continuing to investigate. Secretary Ashcroft joined us live on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri,” telling listeners that Jefferson City Police received …

Missouri Right to Life has issued endorsements in Missouri’s 2024 GOP primaries for governor and lieutenant governor. Missouri Right to Life executive director Susan Klein joined us live on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” and discussed the organization’s endorsement of Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft in the GOP gubernatorial …

Jay Ashcroft says the way an abortion rights constitutional amendment is written would put the health of the mother at risk. His lawyers went before the Western Court of Appeals this week. On a recent Wake Up Mid – Missouri, The Secretary of State says the current ballot language written …

Jay Ashcroft says Cole County Judge Jon Beetem’s rewrite of several proposed constitutional amendments is misleading … Beetem ruled that the ballot language dealing with a potential vote on abortion written by the Secretary of State’s office was argumentative and unfairly biased. Ashcroft plans to appeal.

(AP) — A Mid-Missouri judge has tossed Republican-written ballot summary language Monday that described several proposed constitutional amendments as allowing “dangerous and unregulated abortions until live birth.” Cole County judge Jon Beetem ruled Monday and rewrote the summary to say the amendment will undo Missouri’s almost total ban on abortions. …

(AP) — Abortion-rights advocates asked a judge on Monday to rewrite what they call misleading descriptions of several constitutional amendments on abortion that voters could see on Missouri’s 2024 ballot. Missouri is among several states, including Ohio, where abortion opponents are fighting efforts to ensure or restore access to the …

State Sen. William Eigel (R-Weldon Spring) says the status quo is responsible for Tyson Foods’ decision to close chicken plants in southeast Missouri’s Dexter and in southwest Missouri’s Noel. Senator Eigel joined us live on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”, telling listeners that Missouri Lt. Governor Mike Kehoe and …

Missouri Times publisher Scott Faughn says Missouri’s 2024 GOP gubernatorial primary is leaning toward a competitive race between Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe and State Sen. William Eigel (R-Weldon Spring). Faughn says Senator Eigel has become a serious threat in this race. He also emphasizes the …