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Mike Parson "seemed to love the pomp and circumstance of being governor and recoil from the hard parts of the job" - commentary from The Independent || bsky @missouriindependent.com chief editor Jason Hancock | @jasonhancock.bsky.social #moleg #mogov missouriindependent.com/2025/01/14/two…

Trump nominee for budget chief says president can withhold funding approved by Congress. Story by Jennifer Shutt newsfromthestates.com/article/trump-…

With in-custody deaths at the highest in state history & watchdogs warning prisons are overrun with drugs, 3 lawmakers — 2 Republican and 1 Democrat — have filed bills creating a new oversight panel for the Missouri Department of Corrections #moleg #mogov missouriindependent.com/2025/01/21/mis…

Lawsuit over $15M for Hannibal Regional cancer center in Kirksville tests Missouri legislature’s power to earmark funds for health-care construction #moleg #mocourts missouriindependent.com/2025/02/03/law…

A Missouri House committee spent Wednesday looking at bills to exempt some employers from the minimum wage hike approved by voters, including one that punishes workers for violating employee handbook rules #moleg #mogov missouriindependent.com/2025/02/05/mis…

James Pointer’s life sentence in Missouri Department of Corrections' Moberly prison ended abruptly last week when he bled to death from an opening in his leg used to administer dialysis treatments #moleg #mogov missouriindependent.com/2025/02/06/inm…

Soybeans are the No. 1 crop in Missouri, leading in both acreage and value, according to the Missouri Soybean Center. #moleg #mogov missouriindependent.com/2025/02/11/mis…

“I’m just curious if white-served coffee tastes a little bit better because if it does I’m happy to have some": Rep. Raychel Proudie, questioning Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey about his lawsuit against Starbucks #moleg #mogov missouriindependent.com/2025/02/12/mis…

An influential GOP lawmaker upset with the rulings of a Republican judge in Cole County filed a bill trying to force him into a primary — or out of the Missouri judiciary altogether. #moleg #mogov missouriindependent.com/2025/02/14/mis…

Cole County Judge Cotton Walker has angered #GOP leaders with some of his rulings. Now, House Speaker Pro Tem Chad Perkins has a bill to force him into a primary or out of the judiciary #moleg #mogov #mocourts missouriindependent.com/2025/02/14/mis…

What's the Missouri State Adequacy Target and why is it called that? Well, it funds our schools and it sounds better than the State Just Good Enough Target. Find out more in the first installment of 'Rudi 'splains it': #moleg #mogov missouriindependent.com/2025/02/18/rud…

A party-line vote Wednesday advanced a plan to replace Missouri's income tax with an expanded sales tax. The fiscal note projects it will be 2067 or later before the income tax disappears. #moleg #mogov missouriindependent.com/2025/02/19/pla…

.Bayer Crop Protection U.S. is improperly hiding details of a “propaganda” campaign targeting #moleg and potential jurors, an emergency motion to lift the confidentiality cloak claims. The motion will be argued Thursday in Cole County Circuit Court. #mogov missouriindependent.com/2025/03/03/law…

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In St. Louis in 1861, and in Kansas City in 1874, a #moleg controlled by Democrats put police under state control, taking away power from recently elected Republicans. I dive into why it happened in the latest edition of Rudi 'splains it: missouriindependent.com/2025/03/11/rud…

#MoSenate to debate budget with $450M in spending on ‘pet projects’ Along with $300M more than #MoHouse for public schools, the budget has 169 new earmarks #moleg missouriindependent.com/2025/04/29/mis…

.FEMA response to Missouri disasters is much slower under President Trump than any other administration over the last 15 years #moleg #disaster missouriindependent.com/2025/06/04/st-…