Clark Hunt’s decision to move the Chiefs to Kansas reminded me of Mark Twain’s quote about gratitude:
“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man." #moleg
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The #moleg committee studying property taxes holds its final hearing away from the Capitol tomorrow night in Macon. In my latest Rudi 'splains it, a look at the factors controlling property tax rates
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Missouri “is IN” for redrawing the state’s congressional districts in a special legislative session, President Donald Trump proclaimed Thursday on his social media platform.
#moleg #redistricting
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When Deandre Pointer was re-sentenced in 2023 to 23 years, he thought it meant he was going home after 20 years in a Missouri prison. Instead, he was told he would have to serve 21 more years. #moleg #mogov
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The grand jury indictment, secured by Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s office acting as special prosecutor, accuses St. Louis County Executive Sam Page of spending public funds on a flyer and direct mail postcard for the vote on a proposal that would have curbed his power. #moleg #mogov
Trump White House pressing Missouri Republicans to redraw congressional map
Missouri House Speaker pro Tem Chad Perkins said Trump staffers called him after The Independent published his negative comments about the idea. #moleg #mogov via
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There are political and constitutional obstacles to drawing a new Congressional district map for Missouri...not the least is avoiding another factional fight in #moleg
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Missouri workers who started accruing paid sick leave on May 1 will lose it Aug. 28 under legislation signed Thursday by Gov. Mike Kehoe. #moleg
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There could be more retired teachers returning as substitutes and more home-schooled students participating in sports and other activities, thanks to a stack of bipartisan education bills signed Wednesday by Gov. Mike Kehoe. via @anneliseh.bsky.social #moleg
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Older children in foster care would have their own attorneys and a commission will study how to improve legal representation throughout the foster care system under a bill signed Wednesday by Gov. Mike Kehoe. via @clarabates.bsky.social #moleg
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After Aug. 28, Missouri will end the state’s longstanding practice of seizing foster children’s Social Security benefits to cover the cost of foster care. via @clarabates.bsky.social #moleg
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MU Health Care confirmed Tuesday that it is reviewing a new offer from Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield that could restore insurance coverage to an estimated 90,000 Missourians.
via Columbia Missourian
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ICYMI: ‘In the sun’: St. Louis radioactive waste activists find hope in new federal law
The budget bill passed in Congress included U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley’s language extending compensation for radiation-caused cancers to Missouri, New Mexico & six other states
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Missouri or Kansas? Business leaders don’t care as long as Chiefs and Royals stay near KC | via @rudikellermi.bsky.social #ksleg
Missouri or Kansas? Business leaders don’t care as long as Chiefs and Royals stay near Kansas City #moleg #mogov via @rudikellermi.bsky.social
“Does the regional business and civic community have a preference for which side of the state line or which specific location the teams land? No. As long as the teams land within the KC region, we’re going to support their decision, full stop.” #moleg #mogov via @rudikellermi.bsky.social
In the 1870s, Missouri taxes for railroad debt were more than all of state government. A new Constitution in 1875 banned aid to private interests so no future #moleg would fall for "this delusive talk, to this cuckoo song" of economic development promoters
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Since 1875, the Missouri Constitution has banned state or local governments from granting public money or credit for the benefit of private interests. How does the stadium bill passed this week get around that prohibition?
@rudikellermi.bsky.social 'splains it. #moleg #mogov
FEMA response to Missouri disasters is much slower under President Trump than any other administration over the last 15 years
#moleg #disaster
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Missouri lawmakers return to work this week to tackle tax breaks for sports stadiums against a backdrop of sluggish revenues and a declining budget surplus. #moleg #mogov via @rudikellermi.bsky.social
Proposed federal tax changes could mean $170M or more cut to Missouri state revenues #moleg #mogov via @rudikellermi.bsky.social
Failure of Missouri construction budget bill shocks communities, enrages state Senate #moleg #mogov via @rudikellermi.bsky.social
Lawmakers negotiating Missouri budget add $300M to public schools spending #moleg #mogov via @rudikellermi.bsky.social
The change, which was added by the Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee without any public debate, would open the door for lottery courier services — companies that charge fees to buy lottery tickets on behalf of customers. #moleg #mogov via @rudikellermi.bsky.social
Missouri House Republicans muscled their biggest tax-cut priority of the year across the finish line on Wednesday, sending a bill exempting capital gains from income tax to Gov. Mike Kehoe. #moleg #mogov via @rudikellermi.bsky.social
In the week since a teen mom in foster care went public about her struggles with Missouri’s social services agency to keep her baby, she’s faced renewed threats of being separated from her 9-week-old daughter. #moleg #mogov
“…if they had deliberately set out to emotionally torture three generations of a single family — Hailey, her aunt and, most important, her infant — they couldn’t have done a more thorough, efficient job of it than they did and continue to do in this case.” #moleg #mogov
Missouri Senate approves budget plan with boost for schools, child care #moleg #mogov via @rudikellermi.bsky.social
