After refusing to take an inquiry from Sen. Bill Eigel earlier this week, and not participating in the Missouri Freedom Caucus 40+ hour filibuster, Joplin-area Republican Sen. Jill Carter is leaving the Missouri Freedom Caucus. #moleg

Campaign to legalize sports betting drops off 340K signatures to force a statewide vote.

These three fellas showed up. #moleg

The focus of yesterday's Midwest March for Life was a last-ditch effort to stop an abortion initiative petition from ending up on Missouri's ballot. Anti-abortion leaders pivoted from a message of 'decline to sign” to “withdraw your signature.' #moleg
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Rep. Hannah Kelly no longer listed as chair of the Missouri House Ethics Committee.

Instead, the chair is Rep. Rick Francis, and the committee is scheduled to meet on Monday to consider another ethics complaint. #moleg #mogov

If you're wondering about #MoSenate , the Missouri Freedom Caucus filibuster is at 36 hours. At 1:30 a.m, it will reach 39 hours, equaling the 2016 filibuster against a proposal allowing businesses and clergy members to refuse services to same-sex couples. #moleg
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Missouri Independent Annelise Hanshaw Just FYI, the bill does not expand the core curriculum. It deals with courses specific to one's major, not general education courses, aka, core curriculum.

ICYMI: Missouri House ethics panel drops probe of Dean Plocher after blocking push to release evidence #moleg #mogov via Rudi Keller missouriindependent.com/2024/04/29/mis…

The Missouri Senate’s budget plan has more money for workers who help people w/developmental disabilities, more to help low-income families afford child care & more for counties to defray the cost of holding people convicted of felonies. via Rudi Keller
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HB2634 is back before the Missouri House for a final vote. If approved, it would end Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood. Earlier this month the bill passed in the Senate following an 11-hour filibuster by Democrats. #moleg missouriindependent.com/2024/04/10/mis…

On April 4, 2021, Jahi Hynes committed suicide in a Missouri prison. On Tuesday, the Western District Court of Appeals upheld a $60K judgment against Missouri Department of Corrections for denying records to his mother, who is now suing for wrongful death #moleg #mogov
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On 4/20, a lot of people couldn't get their 420 on as the system tracking pot sales couldn't handle the traffic of legal weed purchasers #moleg #mogov Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services via Rebecca Rivas
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House Majority Leader Jon Patterson said there were doubts #MoLeg could get the bill passed this year.

“I think it’s just a testament to…all the people that have worked on this, all the fine people of the city of Raymore, city of Lee’s Summit.'
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TODAY on The Politically Speaking Hour on @stlonair:
👨🏻‍⚖️ Jason Hancock on the Plocher investigation
⛲️ J O H N ⚡️ R I Z Z O on Senate Democrats' last month posture
🦌 Jack Cardetti on sports betting

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Missouri attorney general launches investigation of intoxicating hemp products #moleg #mogov via Rebecca Rivas missouriindependent.com/2024/04/19/mis…

In Missouri's capital city, driver shortage means ride service suspended indefinitely by nonprofit OATS, which transports seniors, people with disabilities, medical patients.

More than $10 million, much of it from outside the state, has been raised to push proposals for abortion rights, sports wagering and to raise the minimum wage #moleg #mogov via Rudi Keller
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'In Missouri, ramen noodles and Tums antacids were marked up more than 65 percent.'

A day after the leaders of the House Ethics Committee accused Speaker Dean Plocher of obstruction and witness intimidation, the committee’s Tuesday hearing has been canceled.

House Republicans are apparently caucusing outside the Capitol this afternoon. #moleg #mogov

Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher obstructed an investigation of his official acts through pressure on potential witnesses and refusing to issue subpoenas, bipartisan leaders of the House Ethics Committee alleged Monday. #moleg #mogov
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Survivors of childhood sexual abuse are hoping Missouri lawmakers will change state law to give victims more time to sue their assailants and that the attorney general will provide more oversight of boarding schools and camps. #moleg via Annelise Hanshaw
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