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02.03.2026 13:10 — 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0Missouri’s local news is under pressure — and still essential missouriindependent.com/2026/03/02/m...
02.03.2026 13:10 — 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 078 of Missouri’s 114 counties are child care deserts, where there are more than three times as many children ages 5 and under as there are licensed child care slots. #moleg #mogov
02.03.2026 14:10 — 👍 11 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0Missouri cannabis regulators want more power to penalize bad actors in the marijuana industry, according to drafts of proposed rules released last week. #moleg #mogov
02.03.2026 15:03 — 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0While a judge is rewriting the ballot summary for a proposal to put new barriers in front of Missouri initiative campaigns, opponents are focusing on a new line of attack — the measure cuts financial penalties for accepting foreign contributions or committing petition fraud. #moleg #mogov
25.02.2026 16:37 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence former Missouri House Speaker John Diehl to two years in prison in his federal COVID relief fraud case, arguing his admitted misuse of nearly $380,000 in pandemic aid “should merit a significant punishment.” #moleg #mogov
25.02.2026 16:52 — 👍 11 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
The Missouri Senate is one of only two legislative chambers in the country that does not provide a video livestream of its proceedings.
A Senate committee debated a resolution Wednesday that would change that, though its prospects remain uncertain. #moleg #mogov
U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver was the first candidate to file for office Tuesday in Missouri, showing the 11-term Democratic incumbent will run for re-election despite uncertainty about the boundaries of the district he represents. #moleg #mogov
24.02.2026 22:10 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
The Missouri House approved a $3B supplemental budget for the current fiscal year Monday night.
Hours earlier, the chair of the committee overseeing the health, mental health and social services dept. budgets told colleagues they need to come up w/$500M in cuts by noon tomorrow. #moleg #mogov
Missouri Senators raised privacy concerns Monday during a hearing on a bill that would put personal information about every registered voter on a state website. #moleg #mogov
23.02.2026 22:40 — 👍 11 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
Dozens of lobbyists and nearly $3 million in campaign contributions helped fuel big wins last week in the Missouri House for the cannabis and gambling industries.
But both wins came with asterisks — audits, investigations, legal pressure — and both face steep odds in the Senate. #moleg #mogov
In 2024, more than 7,400 babies born in Missouri — or 11% — were preterm, before 37 weeks gestation. #moleg #mogov
23.02.2026 12:58 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Lawmakers agreed the tick-borne allergy to red meat and dairy is a "huge" problem but questioned state capacity to track cases. #moleg #mogov
23.02.2026 17:21 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1GOP lawmakers have introduced dozens of new restrictions as courts weigh remaining abortion laws and the issue heads back to Missouri voters in November. #moleg #mogov
20.02.2026 13:03 — 👍 3 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 3Judge Daniel Green ordered the first three bullet points of the summary voters will see on the ballot to be removed, saying they were misleading because they tout provisions already in state law — such as a ban on foreign campaign contributions and penalties for signature fraud. #moleg #mogov
20.02.2026 13:20 — 👍 18 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 2The Missouri House approved a bill Thursday that would ban all intoxicating hemp products — things like THC seltzers or hemp-derived THC edibles currently sold at gas stations and smoke shops — beginning in November. #moleg #mogov
19.02.2026 20:34 — 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 1As the proposals move through the legislative process, some lawmakers questioned whether the bills have had enough discussion, pointing to the complexity and rapid development of AI technologies. #moleg #mogov
19.02.2026 13:15 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick released a scathing report Wednesday on the state’s marijuana program, concluding that missteps in the 2019 licensing process triggered costly litigation and raised persistent questions about whether licenses were awarded fairly. #moleg #mogov
18.02.2026 20:57 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0Missouri’s “blind scoring” system for marijuana licenses could be circumvented, State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick said, which clouded the process and sparked costly litigation. #moleg #mogov
18.02.2026 21:02 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0House and Senate proposals both create an A–F report card, but they split on how grades are calculated, whether low test participation should lower scores, and how to structure incentives for high-performing districts. #moleg #mogov
18.02.2026 13:21 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 1A property tax overhaul moving through the Missouri House includes provisions that would potentially push all elections to August and November. The bill’s sponsor, however, said that’s not his intent and will make any changes necessary to prevent it. #moleg #mogov
16.02.2026 13:04 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0A bill seeking to clarify that Missouri women are legally allowed to get divorced while pregnant received unanimous approval Thursday from the House for the second year in a row. #moleg #mogov
12.02.2026 19:41 — 👍 9 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1The Missouri House passed legislation Thursday that would permanently bar doctors from prescribing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to transgender minors, sending the bill to the Senate for approval. #moleg #mogov
12.02.2026 18:05 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 3 📌 1Your tax-deductible gift today keeps The Missouri Independent alive — free for everyone, focused on accountability and independent of political or corporate influence. #moleg #mogov #mosen
12.02.2026 18:15 — 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0A push for Missouri to immediately adopt planned federal limits on intoxicating hemp products ran into a filibuster in the state Senate Wednesday, with critics demanding any changes wait until national regulations go into effect in November. #moleg #mogov
12.02.2026 18:16 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0What began as a public hearing on a parental rights bill quickly went off the rails on Tuesday as the Missouri Senate Education Committee veered into talk of furries and allegations of homophobia. #moleg #mogov
12.02.2026 13:04 — 👍 7 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 6Missouri House moves ahead on bill to silo property tax rates, move tax elections to November #moleg #mogov
11.02.2026 21:55 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0There are 524 Missourians on a waitlist for treatment and services from the Department of Mental Health. Of those, 446 are in jails throughout the state — incarcerated indefinitely without being convicted of their alleged crimes. #moleg #mogov
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