It was Mark Twain, one of the most famous Missourians, who observed that “history never repeats itself, but it does often rhyme.”
If so, then it’s possible to find something poetic in the final, frenzied days of the Missouri legislature’s 2023 regular session. There’s always a red-meat social issue that sucks up lots of floor time. This year didn’t disappoint with legislation that places limits on transgender health care and athletic participation.
Sometimes Missouri finally joins the rest of the nation with common sense legislation, like the ban on texting and driving that eliminates the silly law that only made it illegal for those under the age of 21.
