In the final six weeks of the 2025 legislative session, the Missouri Chamber’s governmental affairs team will be at the Capitol for long hours fighting for your business.

Find out where some of the business community's top priorities stand, including child care tax credits, tort reform and legislation to ease Prop A's impact on businesses.

We've reached the halfway point of the 2025 legislative session, and several big bills are already headed to Gov. Kehoe's desk.

In this episode of Capitol Chat, members of the Missouri Chamber's governmental affairs team break down some of the business community's top priorities, including Proposition A, legal climate reform, energy legislation and child care tax credits. Find out where those issues stand and what the second half of session has in store.

The 2025 legislative session is off to a fast start with a number of pro-business bills already moving through the House and Senate.

In this episode of Capitol Chat, members of the Missouri Chamber's governmental affairs team break down some of those early movers. Plus, find out why "collaboration" is the early theme for this General Assembly!

With the inaugural celebrations complete, the real work begins!

Members of the Missouri Chamber's governmental affairs team discuss some of the high-profile committee assignments and pro-business bills that are already moving through the Capitol. What is the overall outlook for the 2025 legislative session? Find out with Capitol Chat!

It's a traditional Chamber with new energy.

In the first episode of Season 6, hear from the Missouri Chamber's new president and CEO, Kara Corches, and meet the newest members of the governmental affairs team. Plus – What issues will lead debate during the 2025 legislative session? What impact did the 2024 elections have on the political dynamics in the House and Senate? Find out with Capitol Chat! 

Go under the dome on the final day of the 2024 legislative session. 

In this special edition of Missouri Capitol Chat, Phillip Arnzen, Kara Corches and Heidi Geisbuhler Sutherland join us from the Capitol Rotunda to look back on a chaotic session. What pro-business legislation made it to the governor's desk? Which priorities were blocked? Plus, learn what's at stake in the upcoming August primary.

Lawmakers return to work on Monday after their annual spring break. In these final eight weeks, the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s governmental affairs team will be at the Capitol for long hours fighting for your business.

See where some of the business community's top priorities stand, including child care tax credits, public safety measures, the FRA program and tort reform.

The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry honored Pat Thomas with its inaugural Legislative Staff Leadership Award in 2023. Thomas serves as the chief of staff for Sen. Lincoln Hough, R-Springfield. 

In the fifth  episode of our Business Champions series, Rep. Brenda Shields (R-St. Joseph) joins the Missouri Chamber's governmental affairs team to discuss her business background and her collaborative efforts to get pro-business policy passed in Jefferson City.

Learn more about Rep. Shields including her passion for improving access to child care, as well as her other priorities for 2024.

What issues will lead debate in the 2024 Legislative Session? Find out with Capitol Chat! The Missouri Chamber’s governmental affairs team outlines priorities for the new year. What impact will upcoming elections have on progress? Will returning issues like child care, public safety, tort reform and health care make it across the finish line? Here’s what our experts predict.