Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe signed legislation that lifts the sick leave requirement beginning Aug. 28. Other states making news: Michigan, New Mexico, Texas, and California.

Former Missouri governor and U.S. senator Christopher S. “Kit” Bond passed away in St. Louis on Tuesday. Bond was 86 years old.

State Board of Education appointee Mike Matousek, a Republican from Kansas City, speaks during a Senate Gubernatorial Apppointments Committee hearing April 16.

Republican Mike Kehoe will be Missouri's next governor. The Associated Press declared Kehoe the winner of the four-person race.