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A St. Louis County electric vehicle

House approves bill aimed at blocking local EV charging station mandates

By Jason Hancock, Missouri Independent February 21, 2023

A bill that would require cities and counties across Missouri to pay for electric vehicle chargers in order to mandate businesses install them won House approval Feb 16. The bill, which is sponsored...

Doug Beck

Legislative session ends with few bills passed, only one by a South County legislator

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter May 25, 2022

The 2022 Missouri legislative session was a bust for many South County legislators in the Missouri House of Representatives, with no bills proposed by South County representatives making it to the desk...

St. Louis County issues new masking order

St. Louis County issues new masking order

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter September 28, 2021

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page announced a new mask mandate Monday, effective immediately, after the county was blocked from enforcing a prior order.  The new mandate, announced by Page in a press...

The Missouri State Capitol building in Jefferson City.

O’Donnell, Murphy discuss range of issues in town hall after session end

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter June 2, 2021

State representatives Michael O’Donnell and Jim Murphy held a joint town hall at Royale Orleans last month to discuss the highlights and lowlights of the 2021 legislative session from their perspectives. O’Donnell,...

Mehlville Fire Protection District Board of Director Treasurer Bonnie Stegman, left, with Rep. Jim Murphy at the state-run Johnson and Johnson mass vaccination clinic at Bernard Middle School April 3.

Murphy is keeping busy in the Legislature

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter April 28, 2021

Rep. Jim Murphy has had a busy legislative session in 2021 working on state oversight on public-health orders and setting up a mass vaccination event while also conducting a series of food drives in South...

Members of the Missouri National Guard prepare doses of COVID-19 vaccine at a state-run mass vaccination site Feb. 23 in Canton, near the Iowa border.

Missouri sets mass vaccination event in South County for April 3 after pushback from Murphy

March 25, 2021

This is a developing story. Check back for updates. And we have more breaking news: Since this article was published, St. Louis County has now announced that it will be holding two mass vaccination sites...

Rep. Jim Murphy, R-Oakville, held his latest event Jan. 29 at Buerkle Middle School. On Jan. 15, he handed out food with, from left, his granddaughter Lily Murphy, 7, and her father, former Mehlville Board of Education member Jamey Murphy.

PHOTOS: In time of need, Murphy’s food distribution is popular

February 10, 2021

Food banks have reported record need during the COVID-19 pandemic and food distributions by Rep. Jim Murphy, R-Oakville, at Mehlville High School and Buerkle Middle School have proven popular.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson delivered his State of the State address on Jan. 27, 2021 (photo courtesy of Missouri Governors Office).

Gov. Mike Parson accuses Missouri House GOP leaders of trying to embarrass him

By Jason Hancock, Missouri Independent February 3, 2021

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson believes House Republican leaders’ decision against allowing a joint legislative session to convene last week amid a statehouse COVID-19 outbreak was a “purposeful and disgusting...

Rep. Jim Murphy, R-Oakville, pictured above, and Rep. David Gregory, R-Sunset Hills, hosted a food distribution event at Mehlville High School in September.

After voting not to require masks, Missouri House shuts down due to COVID-19 outbreak

By Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent January 20, 2021

The Missouri House of Representatives is not meeting this week because of an outbreak of COVID-19 in the Capitol Building, Republican leaders announced Thursday evening. Without giving details, House...

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