Barry Hovis said his mother cried when he joined the Cape Girardeau Police Department in July 1986. She worried for his safety. More than 30 years later, he's still in one piece -- and a ...

Representative Barry Hovis (R-Whitewater), a former police officer, wanted to speak on the topic. Hovis said that 246 police died across the U.S. in 2022.

Missouri State Rep. Barry Hovis (R) has apologized for using the phrase “consensual rape” on the House floor while he was defending an eight-week abortion ban.

"I'm not trying to make excuses," said representative Barry Hovis, who represents the city of Jackson in southeastern Missouri. "Sometimes you make a mistake and you own up to it." ...

A Missouri lawmaker walked back comments he made Friday during a debate over a restrictive anti-abortion bill on the floor of the Missouri State House. Republican Rep. Barry Hovis apologized for ...

Rep. Barry Hovis, who represents Cape Girardeau County in southeastern Missouri, had been discussing his experiences as a 30-year veteran of the police force during a debate over a restrictive ...

Missouri state Rep. Barry Hovis of Whitewater (R-146), who took office in the state General Assembly in 2019, will see his "Right to Repair" legislation, House Bill 2402, get a hearing Tuesday ...

Rep. Barry Hovis tries to walk back remarks. Abortion-rights supporters who attended the debate hissed in response. Hovis, of Missouri's southeastern Bootheel region, told the Associated Press he ...

Missouri state Rep. Barry Hovis, a former police lieutenant, said most of the sexual assault cases he handled in his law enforcement career were "date rapes or consensual rapes." ...

The comment came from Representative Barry Hovis (R-Cape Girardeau) during debate over House Bill 126, an "omnibus" bill that packages multiple abortion restrictions.

“Most of them were date rapes or consensual rapes,” Missouri Rep. Barry Hovis said Friday about the sexual assaults he handled during his time as a police officer.

During the Missouri House debate on the abortion bill May 17, Rep. Barry Hovis (R) called certain rape cases "consensual." He later told reporters he misspoke.