The Missouri Department of Corrections must pay more than $60,000 for refusing to give records to a mother trying to find out how her son died in 2021 while in state custody. #moleg #mogov via Rudi Keller missouriindependent.com/2024/04/24/mis…

House Majority Leader Jon Patterson said there were doubts #MoLeg could get the bill passed this year.

“I think it’s just a testament to…all the people that have worked on this, all the fine people of the city of Raymore, city of Lee’s Summit.'
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April 20 is like the cannabis industry’s Black Friday.

However dispensaries across the state using an inventory platform called Dutchie were hamstrung for hours by technical challenges, causing many of their registers to go down or move at snail pace.
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Asked Tuesday why @DeanPlocher didn’t recuse himself from the start of the ethics investigation, or at least when subpoena requests started showing up to his office, the speaker's attorney said Plocher recused himself “when it mattered.” #moleg #mogov
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Attorneys for embattled Missouri House speaker criticize ethics investigation #moleg #mogov via Jason Hancock missouriindependent.com/briefs/attorne…

Tech glitch on 4/20 caused Missouri cannabis businesses to lose sales

For the second year in a row, dispensaries across the state experienced IT problems on the industry’s biggest and most important sales day #moleg #mogov via Rebecca Rivas
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Bill to stop Kansas City landfill clears Missouri House, heads to governor #moleg #mogov via Allison Kite missouriindependent.com/2024/04/23/bil…

Match rules limit spending of Missouri’s federal infrastructure funds as deadlines loom #moleg #mogov via Rudi Keller
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Dean Plocher mum on allegations he obstructed ethics probe, pressured witnesses #moleg #mogov via Jason Hancock missouriindependent.com/briefs/dean-pl…

Senate battle over taxes that fund Missouri Medicaid leaves state budget in limbo #moleg #mogov via Rudi Keller missouriindependent.com/2024/04/22/sen…

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Missouri attorney general launches investigation of intoxicating hemp products #moleg #mogov via Rebecca Rivas missouriindependent.com/2024/04/19/mis…

The U.S. Department of Education on Friday announced a final rule that will update Title IX regulations governing how schools respond to sexual misconduct, undoing changes made under the Trump administration and former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.
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Missouri bill would let private contractors assist in child abuse investigations #moleg #mogov via Clara Bates missouriindependent.com/2024/04/19/mis…

Legislation designed to kill Kansas City landfill clears hurdle in Senate, nears final passage #moleg #mogov via Allison Kite missouriindependent.com/2024/04/18/leg…

Missouri House narrowly sends private-school tax credit, charter expansion to governor’s desk #moleg #mogov via Annelise Hanshaw missouriindependent.com/2024/04/18/mis…

Challengers outraise incumbents in Missouri races for Senate, 1st Congressional District #moleg #mogov #mosen via Rudi Keller missouriindependent.com/2024/04/18/cha…

The Missouri Senate voted Wednesday to ensure homeschool families are allowed to own firearms.

The move was an effort to ease passage of a larger education bill approved by the Senate last month & awaiting action in the House. #moleg via Annelise Hanshaw
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Missouri Senate sends bill for Texas border deployment to Gov. Parson #moleg #mogov via Rudi Keller missouriindependent.com/briefs/missour…

More than $10 million, much of it from outside the state, has been raised to push proposals for abortion rights, sports wagering and to raise the minimum wage #moleg #mogov via Rudi Keller
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