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Last April 8, the Missouri House passed a measure that would have given voters the right to change the state’s non-partisan judicial selection process and put politics back in the system.
On Sunday, The Kansas City Star looked at that 85-72 vote…
Missouri Senate Chamber
The walls are made of marble, topped by 16 Ionic columns. The ceiling soars 50 feet above the floor. Everything about the Missouri Senate chamber reeks of dignity and statesmanship — everything except the people who sit in it.
The…
Our friends at the Springfield News-Leader report that outgoing House Speaker Rod Jetton is shopping for a frame to display our May 18 editorial, “The sad legacy of the Jetton era.”
“I thought it was great,” the paper’s Jefferson City reporter,…
In the general election of 2000, the full impact of the term limits Missouri voters had imposed on their state Legislature eight years earlier kicked in. Ninety of the 163 members of the Missouri House elected in 2000 were freshmen.…
If it were put to a simple up-or-down vote today, Missouri lawmakers probably would agree to extend health insurance coverage to about 55,000 working parents who are struggling to raise their children.
But that’s not going to happen. Extending health insurance to…
