By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent
• February 28, 2021
Republican state Senators advanced sweeping legislation early Tuesday morning aimed at penalizing protestors who block streets, while also providing further protections for law enforcement under investigation...
By Jason Hancock, Missouri Independent
• January 27, 2021
Former Sen. Jim Lembke, who once represented South County in the Missouri Senate and is now a staffer for the Senate’s conservative caucus, has tested positive for COVID-19, and two state senators announced...
By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent
• January 26, 2021
Editor's note: Since this hearing last week, Sen. Andrew Koenig tested positive for COVID-19, and Sen. Bill Eigel said that he had close contact with someone who tested positive and would isolate.
When...
On a nearly deserted floor, lawmaker by lawmaker, the Missouri House approved a $6.2 billion spending plan focused on COVID-19 relief through the end of June.
About $5.5 billion of that is federal funds,...
One of South County’s senators is sponsoring a bill that would eliminate newspaper publication of some mandated public notices because, he said, newspapers are an “archaic” form of communication.
A...
Sen. Andrew Koenig speaks at the Tesson Ferry Republican Club last summer. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer.
By Kathryn Palmer
Columbia Missourian
JEFFERSON CITY — A proposed sales tax for out-of-state...
