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 missouriindependent.com/2025/08/26/r...

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 missouriindependent.com/2025/08/21/m...

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 missouriindependent.com/2025/08/08/m...

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 @rudikellermi.bsky.social

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 missouriindependent.com/2025/07/24/w...

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 missouriindependent.com/2025/07/10/m...

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 missouriindependent.com/2025/07/09/m...

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 missouriindependent.com/2025/07/09/m...

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 missouriindependent.com/2025/07/09/m...

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 missouriindependent.com/2025/07/09/m...

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 missouriindependent.com/2025/07/08/i...

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 missouriindependent.com/2025/06/13/r...

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 missouriindependent.com/2025/06/04/s...

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

Missouri Senate to debate budget with $450 million in spending on ‘pet projects’ #moleg #mogov via @rudikellermi.bsky.social

The Missouri Senate is set for a Tuesday night debate on a state budget that includes $450 million in earmarks added to the Missouri budget for hundreds of local projects or favored vendors. #moleg #mogov via @rudikellermi.bsky.social

#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/m...

Missouri House Republicans aren’t ready to give up on dual goals of enacting a flat income tax and cutting the overall rate, and have loaded a Senate bill with their latest plan — flat tax and capital gains cut now, rate cuts later. #moleg #mogov via @rudikellermi.bsky.social

GOP lawmakers will also need to keep their governors in the fold as the package takes shape, since many red states have a substantial percentage of their Medicaid programs covered by federal dollars. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/tax-...

Missouri governor’s plan for $50 million for private schools axed by Senate committee #moleg #mogov via @rudikellermi.bsky.social

Gov. Kehoe’s plan to rapidly enlarge a scholarship program for private and religious schools w/an infusion of state tax funds was cut out of the budget Wednesday as the Senate Appropriations Committee finished revising spending plans for the coming year. #moleg #mogov via @rudikellermi.bsky.social

A Missouri House staff member was charged Wednesday with assault and harassment after threatening to shoot a Jefferson City restaurant owner, according to documents filed in Cole County Circuit Court. #moleg #mogov via @rudikellermi.bsky.social

By a 27-6 vote, with the 10 Democrats evenly split and all but one Republican in favor, the bill now heads back to the House, where its sponsor, Republican state Rep. Chad Perkins of Bowling Green, intends to bring it to a final vote. #moleg #mogov via @rudikellermi.bsky.social

ICYMI: The Missouri Senate approved a proposed tax cut Monday despite questions about whether official estimates truly reflect how much it would reduce state revenue. #moleg #mogov via @rudikellermi.bsky.social

Cole County judge upholds state funding for new Missouri cancer center #moleg #mogov via @rudikellermi.bsky.social

Lobbyists favoring the bill say there are 10 members absent Monday who will support it on the next vote. Lobbyists opposing the bill say there are at least 10 members who voted for the bill on first approval who will oppose it on the next vote. #moleg #mogov via @rudikellermi.bsky.social

A bill allowing the Missouri Lottery to install video gambling machines at retail locations across the state faces a difficult path to final passage — even if the sponsor can find enough votes to get it out of the Missouri House. #moleg #mogov via @rudikellermi.bsky.social

The bill's official cost estimate puts the cost of the capital gains tax cut at roughly $111 million annually. But federal tax data from 2022 suggests it may actually reduce state revenues by $600 million. #moleg #mogov via @rudikellermi.bsky.social

A Democratic U.S. senator from California is blocking the nomination of Missouri Republican Ed Martin to be U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, calling him a “one-man wrecking ball” on social media. #moleg #mogov via @rudikellermi.bsky.social

Democrats failed on Tuesday to win major changes in the $47.9 billion state budget plan during Missouri House debate, suffering defeat on proposals to shift money to the school funding formula and increase payments to child care providers. #moleg #mogov via @rudikellermi.bsky.social

Two identical bills to give state backing for a new sports and convention center in Clay County are not an attempt to poach the Kansas City Chiefs or Royals from Jackson County, legislators were told Monday during a Senate committee hearing. #moleg #mogov via @rudikellermi.bsky.social

Bill regulating video gambling faces hazy future with weeks left in Missouri’s legislative session #moleg #mogov via @rudikellermi.bsky.social

An initiative effort begun Friday by @bradketcher.bsky.social would, if passed by voters next year, force Tesla to close its St. Louis and Kansas City showrooms. #moleg #mogov #Election2026 missouriindependent.com/2025/03/28/e...

Missouri state senator says a ‘sexual predator’ works in the Capitol Building #moleg #mogov via @rudikellermi.bsky.social

A longtime state employee is accusing Missouri officials in a new lawsuit of subverting competitive bidding laws in order to steer lucrative technology contracts to a well-connected company, then demoting him when he raised red flags. #moleg #mogov via @jasonhancock.bsky.social

The Missouri House Budget Committee on Monday will debate a spending plan that eliminates one of Gov. Mike Kehoe’s major initiatives, adds dozens of new earmarked projects and dips into state general revenue reserves for about $1 billion. #moleg #mogov via @rudikellermi.bsky.social

The failures of a new $100 million Missouri state accounting system disrupted plans for the House Budget Committee to put its imprint this week on the spending plan for the coming fiscal year. missouriindependent.com/2025/03/12/n...