#MoSenate approaches 22 hours on filibuster by Missouri Freedom Caucus on federal reimbursement allowance taxes that support $4.3B of #Medicaid program; demand Governor Mike Parson sign bill barring #PlannedParenthood from program, Senate to pass changes to majorities for initiatives #moleg

#MoSenate on Federal Reimbursement Allowance (Medicaid provider taxes); filibuster from Missouri Freedom Caucus demands @GovParsonMo's signature on bill banning #PlannedParenthood from #Medicaid and final vote on changing majorities to pass a constitutional amendment #moleg

Companies tied to out-of-state firms appeal revocation of social-equity cannabis licenses #moleg #mogov via Rebecca Rivas missouriindependent.com/2024/04/30/com…

Missouri House ethics panel drops probe of Dean Plocher after blocking push to release evidence

The chair of the committee was thwarted in a push to livestream the hearing & include allegations of obstruction in the dismissal #moleg via Rudi Keller
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Missouri bill to eliminate teen work permits has links to national movement to loosen child labor laws, Clara Bates reports; Dave Hinman proposal awaiting #MoHouse debate #moleg #mogov
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To work in Missouri, 14 and 15 year olds must obtain a permit issued by their school, with information from their prospective employer about the details of the job as well as parental consent and age verification.
Bill would remove that requirement —
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Phill Brooks writes in his regular column that in his decades of covering #moleg , 'I’ve covered more than my share of House speakers who ended their tenure under a cloud of suspicion — with three forced to resign early.' missouriindependent.com/2024/04/26/cap…

A push to eliminate Missouri’s requirement for children under 16 to obtain official work permits before they can begin a job could be debated by the House this week.  #moleg #mogov via Clara Bates missouriindependent.com/2024/04/29/mis…

ICYMI: Cancer diagnosis forces candidate to withdraw from Missouri state Senate race #moleg #mogov via Rudi Keller missouriindependent.com/briefs/cancer-…

Amid Dean Plocher obstruction allegations, talk turns to fixes for House ethics rules #moleg #mogov via Jason Hancock missouriindependent.com/2024/04/26/ami…

Senate committee adds anti-immigration sanctions to Missouri budget targeting Kansas City #moleg #mogov via Rudi Keller missouriindependent.com/2024/04/25/sen…

Missouri Senate advances KC weapons facility tax break without aid for nuclear waste victims #moleg #mogov via Allison Kite missouriindependent.com/2024/04/25/mis…

A bill that would make Missouri the fourth state to ban Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood is on its way to the governor. #moleg #mogov via Anna Spoerre
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“You’ve said they can just go somewhere else, but you haven’t told us where you think they’re just going to go,” Deb Lavender said in unsuccessful opposition to a bill banning #PlannedParenthood from Missouri's #Medicaid program #moleg via Anna Spoerre
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Asked Tuesday why @DeanPlocher didn’t recuse himself from the start of the ethics investigation, or at least when subpoena requests started showing up to his office, the speaker's attorney said Plocher recused himself “when it mattered.” #moleg #mogov
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The Missouri Department of Corrections must pay more than $60,000 for refusing to give records to a mother trying to find out how her son died in 2021 while in state custody. #moleg #mogov via Rudi Keller missouriindependent.com/2024/04/24/mis…

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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Bill to stop Kansas City landfill clears Missouri House, heads to governor #moleg #mogov via Allison Kite missouriindependent.com/2024/04/23/bil…

ICYMI: Legislation pivotal to killing a proposed landfill project in south Kansas City took a huge step forward this week in the Missouri Senate and is now just one step away from the governor’s desk.  #moleg #mogov missouriindependent.com/2024/04/18/leg…

The U.S. Department of Education on Friday announced a final rule that will update Title IX regulations governing how schools respond to sexual misconduct, undoing changes made under the Trump administration and former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.
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