Heads Up, Missouri!

By MO House and Senate Dems

What's Heads Up, Missouri! about?

Based in Jefferson City, Heads Up, Missouri! brings state policy to the fore. The core five hosts are Sen. Jill Schupp, Sen. Kiki Curls, Rep. Deb Lavender, Rep. Lauren Arthur, and Rep. Tracy McCreery.

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Heads Up, Missouri! episodes:

03.12.2020
Bring Your Own Chair
In this episode Senator Jill Schupp and Representatives Deb Lavender and Tracy McCreery are joined by Representative Ashley Bland Manlove, ACLU Policy Director Sarah Baker, and lobbyist Sharon Jones to discuss the suffragette movement, their experiences as women in politics,...
03.12.2020
Keeping the "Public" in Public Education
In this episode Representatives Deb Lavender and Paula Brown discuss public education, and dig into the details of charter schools and voucher programs.
04.18.2019
Tax Table Troubles
In this episode, Senators Jill Schupp and Lauren Arthur, and Representatives Deb Lavender and Tracy McCreery discuss the recent investigation into the Department of Revenue by State Auditor Nicole Galloway, efforts by the Missouri Legislature to expand charter schools,...
03.14.2019
Banding Against the Ban
In this week’s episode, Senator Jill Schupp and Representatives Deb Lavender, Tracy McCreery, and Keri Ingle discuss their insights into a dangerous anti-choice bill moving through the legislature. Warning: this episode contains discussions over potentially triggering topics including sexual violence...
03.12.2019
Wins and Worries for Women
In this episode, Senator Jill Schupp and Representatives Deb Lavender and Tracy McCreery discuss their insights on the budget, dangerous gun and abortion bills moving through the legislature, two of Senator Schupp’s bills heard in committee and the upcoming deadline...
03.05.2019
Tort, Tampons, and Title IX
In this episode, Senator Jill Schupp and her Chief of Staff Megan Price and Representatives Deb Lavender and Tracy McCreery discuss their insights on the budget, Moms Demand Action Lobby Day, potential changes to Title IX, forced arbitration, and menstrual...
02.25.2019
Overbooked and Underwhelmed
In this week’s episode, Senators Jill Schupp and Karla May and Representatives Deb Lavender and Tracy McCreery discuss their insights on the budget, a potential prescription drug monitoring program, Medicaid legislation and low income housing tax credits.
02.08.2019
27 Letters Too Many
In this episode, Senators Jill Schupp and Lauren Arthur and Representatives Deb Lavender and Tracy McCreery discuss inequality in the legislature and their committee hearings during the third week of the 2019 Legislative Session. SNAP Bill - Senate Bill 4 Fast...
02.01.2019
Week 2: Session in Full Swing
Senate Website, Senate Hearing Schedule House Website, House Hearing Schedule National Council of Jewish Women
01.22.2019
Priorities and Possibilities: 2019 State of the State
In this mini-episode, Senator Jill Schupp and Representative Tracy McCreery react to Governor Parson’s first State of the State Address and provide their perspectives on Missouri’s progress and future. Governor Parson’s State of the State Address Senate Minority Leader Gina Walsh...
01.17.2019
2019 Session Preview
State Senators Jill Schupp, Lauren Arthur, and Karla May and State Representatives Tracy McCreery and Deb Lavender discuss the first week of the 2019 Missouri Legislative Session followed by their hopes and expectations for the next four months.
08.31.2018
Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration in Missouri
State Senator Jill Schupp and State Representatives Tracy McCrery and Deb Lavender join issue expert Samanth Stangl to discuss the magnitude and ramifications of mass incarceration in Missouri followed by a conversation on the more economically viable and moral policies...
07.21.2018
A State in Transition
In this mini-episode, State Representatives Tracy McCrery and Deb Lavender discuss their reactions to Governor Parson’s first address to the General Assembly and talk about their interim projects and responsibilities.
06.12.2018
The end is nigh: Session wrap-up
In this mini-episode, State Representatives Tracy McCreery, Deb Lavender, and Lauren Arthur discuss what happened in the House during the final days of session. Also discussed are some of the positive and negative aspects of the state’s 2019 budget.
03.22.2018
We Won't Vouch for This
In a two-part episode, Reps. Deb Lavender and Tracy McCreery give updates on the House of Representatives. Then, Sen. Jill Schupp is joined by Rep Judy Morgan to discuss the atrocious school voucher legislation debated in the Senate.
03.08.2018
Sun's out, guns out
Emboldened by warm weather the Republican-led Missouri legislature is unleashing all sorts of crazy gun bills. Senator Jill Schupp and Representative Tracy McCreery compare their reasonable, measured gun control policies with the mess of dangerous gun bills moving through the...
02.28.2018
Heads Up Missouri: Back in Action
After a brief reprieve from the podcast, Senator Jill Schupp and Representatives Deb Lavender and Tracy McCreery catch up on what's been happening in the Missouri Legislature.
01.23.2018
Oh SNAP!
Empower Missouri Executive Director Jeanette Mott Oxford joins Senator Jill Schupp, Representative Deb Lavender, and Representative Tracy McCreery to discuss the latest assault on food security programs for vulnerable Missourians.
01.16.2018
Week 2: And the State of the State is...?
The crew talks with Representative and House Minority Leader Gail McCann Beatty about their reactions to Governor Greitens' State of the State Address
01.07.2018
Week 1 is Done
The 2018 legislative session has officially begun and the whole crew is back together to discuss some of the bills they're proud to be sponsoring this year. From Paid Family Leave, to Senior Farmer's Market Nutrition Program and much more,...
01.03.2018
2018 #MoLeg Preview
Senator Jill Schupp, Representative Deb Lavender, Representative Tracy McCreery, are joined by Ellen Alper from the National Council of Jewish Women to discuss their hopes and expectations for the upcoming legislative session. What attacks are forthcoming? What are the chances...
10.05.2017
Veto Session: An Epic Failure
Senator Jill Schupp, Representative Tracy McCreery, and Representative Deb Lavender are joined by freshman State Representative and newly elected Assistant Minority Leader Crystal Quade from Springfield. The electeds lament the legislature's failure to save in-home health care services for 8,300...
09.13.2017
Special Session 2: The Fate of Repro Rights
Senator Jill Schupp, Representative Tracy McCreery are joined by guests Alison Dreith of NARAL Missouri and M'Evie Mead of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Missouri to discuss the fate of reproductive health care in Missouri after the conclusion of the second...
06.07.2017
Rep. Martha Stevens on Rural Health Policy
Representative Martha Stevens, of Columbia, is joined by Missouri Rural Crisis Center's Dina Van Der Zalm for a discussion on realities of rural health policy. They cover economics, opioid epidemic, and how to get involved.
05.30.2017
Heads Up in the Interim
The legislative session has wrapped and here's what you can expect of Heads Up, Missouri! in the interim.
05.30.2017
Special Session: Utilities
The Governor called special session to push controversial utilities legislation. This legislation is weedy and deserved more than rushed debate. Senator Schupp, Representative McCreery, and Representative Lavender sit down to discuss the bill and it's potential implications.
05.15.2017
Week of May 10, 2017
Midweek update on the last week of session featuring: PDMP, circuit breaker, and REAL ID. It gets a little emotional at the end, and we wouldn't have it any other way.
05.01.2017
Week of April 26, 2017
Sens. Curls, Schupp and Reps. Arthur, Lavender, and McCreery give a quick update about the situation in the Senate (particularly around Sen. Schaaf and Gov. Greitens), and then discuss the state of the budget and minimum wage legislation.
04.26.2017
Week of April 19, 2017
Rep. McCreery and Sen. Schupp are joined by Jill Kline and Alex Townsend to discuss industrial hemp, CBD, and diversity in the Democratic Party. If you're in STL and are interested in becoming a long lasting participant in Missouri progressive...
04.19.2017
Week of April 12, 2017
Sen. Schupp, Rep. Lavender, and Rep. McCreery discuss the dangerous state of gun legislation in statute and the legislature, the whole litany of conflict of interest legislation (ranging from veterinarian statute of limitation to discrimination tort), and we start on...
04.14.2017
Week of April 5, 2017 (pt 2)
Sen. Schupp discusses the House budget with Reps. Lavender, Arthur, and McCreery. They delve into reproductive rights, how the budget process looks (weedy), and DACA support.
04.12.2017
Week of April 5, 2017 (pt 1)
Sens. Kiki Curls, Gina Walsh, and Jill Schupp discuss the petty and mean spirited comments about reproductive rights on a... zoo tax bill, the actual St. Louis zoo, and the prescription drug monitoring program.
04.03.2017
Week of March 22, 2017
This week delves into the budget and public defender funding, PDMP, and Medicaid expansion.
03.23.2017
Week of March 15, 2017
This week, the conversation is centered around the budget - and who it truly impacts, the repeal of the circuit breaker tax cut, paid family medical leave in the executive branch, and charter school legislation
03.22.2017
Special Episode: Are Puppy Mills Making a Return? ft. Amanda Good
Amanda Good, the Missouri State Director of the Humane Society of the United States, discusses HB 384 and SB 331, the recent history of puppy mill ballot initiatives and legislation, and how these bills impact animal rights.
03.13.2017
Week of March 8, 2017
This week, the officials discuss blocking a minimum wage hike, paid earned family medical leave, the Governor's 501c(4), and the solar eclipse in August
03.02.2017
Week of March 1, 2017
Rod Chapel, the President of the NAACP MO, comes by to talk about SB 43 and HB 552. Sens. Schupp and Curls go into detail about their 12 hour filibuster.
03.01.2017
Week of February 22, 2017
The legislators discuss SB 98, a so-called "bathroom bill", REAL ID, and House education legislation.
02.22.2017
Special Episode: What is SB 28? ft. Sidney Watson
Sidney Watson from Saint Louis University joins Sen. Schupp and Rep. McCreery to discuss the impact of SB 28 and what Medicaid, Medicare, and the state of health care looks like in Missouri. For more information or queries, check out...
02.21.2017
Week of February 15, 2017
There's a full house this episode, with Rep. Gina Mitten joining in on the conversation. Conversation meanders from the impact of budget cuts on the elderly, children, and disabled, what tort reform under the guise of "arbitration" looks like, availability...
02.12.2017
Week of February 8, 2017
This week, the discussion focuses on SB 182, HB 66, SB 28, and what the budget process looks like. The elected officials also break down how to truly make your voice heard in a committee hearing.
02.09.2017
Special Episode: What is Tort "Reform" Exactly?
Sharon Jones from Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys comes on the show to discuss the dangers of tort "reform" legislation.
02.04.2017
Week of January 30, 2017
Rep. Lavender and Sen. Curls come together to discuss HCR 4 -- raising legislator pay and ethics legislation. Apparently, the Governor thought he needed to involve himself in passing through a house concurrent resolution.
01.12.2017
Week of January 9, 2017
It's the first week of legislative session, and it's already busy.
01.12.2017
Week of January 2, 2017
Two Missouri Senators and three Representatives introduce themselves

What's Heads Up, Missouri! about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Heads Up, Missouri! episodes:

Bring Your Own Chair

Keeping the "Public" in Public Education

Tax Table Troubles

Banding Against the Ban

Wins and Worries for Women

Tort, Tampons, and Title IX

Overbooked and Underwhelmed

27 Letters Too Many

Week 2: Session in Full Swing

Priorities and Possibilities: 2019 State of the State

2019 Session Preview

Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration in Missouri

A State in Transition

The end is nigh: Session wrap-up

We Won't Vouch for This

Sun's out, guns out

Heads Up Missouri: Back in Action

Oh SNAP!

Week 2: And the State of the State is...?

Week 1 is Done

2018 #MoLeg Preview

Veto Session: An Epic Failure

Special Session 2: The Fate of Repro Rights

Rep. Martha Stevens on Rural Health Policy

Heads Up in the Interim

Special Session: Utilities

Week of May 10, 2017

Week of April 26, 2017

Week of April 19, 2017

Week of April 12, 2017

Week of April 5, 2017 (pt 2)

Week of April 5, 2017 (pt 1)

Week of March 22, 2017

Week of March 15, 2017

Special Episode: Are Puppy Mills Making a Return? ft. Amanda Good

Week of March 8, 2017

Week of March 1, 2017

Week of February 22, 2017

Special Episode: What is SB 28? ft. Sidney Watson

Week of February 15, 2017

Week of February 8, 2017

Special Episode: What is Tort "Reform" Exactly?

Week of January 30, 2017

Week of January 9, 2017

Week of January 2, 2017