Derges owns four medical clinics in Southwest Missouri. Lift Up Springfield, her lone non-profit clinic, received nearly $300,000 in CARES Act reimbursement for COVID-19 testing. However, Lift Up did not provide any COVID-19 tests and was closed for the first three months of the pandemic.
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"I don't believe that we even get in the conversation without this bill being passed," Rizzo said on a phone call.
"I mean. people are going to be staying in hotels as far out as Columbia this is going to boost the entire western side of the state," Sen. John Rizzo said on a phone call Thursday. "This will provide a huge economic impact for Kansas City — and a big economic impact to Missouri."
"You have to not only have the ability, but be comfortable with speaking publicly on behalf of the House in a way that's clear and convictional and yet is not going to create problems for the House or the State of Missouri. And that's something I've done for well over two decades and enjoy that," Richey said.
At 23 years old, Mazzie Boyd is running for State representative. She's also running in the newly-drawn House District (HD) 2.
Once upon a time, there was a little girl who had to grow up fast. It’s not your typical fairy tale story, but it’s one that is a bit more familiar than any tale featuring an omnipotent godmother.
“The discharge petition and Schatz’s ruling against Onder’s point of order were both nuclear events. The chamber was finished at that point,” Eigel said. “We had two final choices at that point; one, filibuster for 24 hours and then likely sustain a PQ, or allow the map to come to a vote and adjourn the session.”
“The Senate hearing devolved into the shit-show we all knew was coming, but this was a Broadway play level shit-show instead of the community theater level shit-show we were prepared for,” they said.
The Missouri Times spoke to the three senators in the room when the final deal was cut to pass the map. Senate Majority Leader Caleb Rowden, Senate Minority Leader John Rizzo, and de facto leader of the senate conservative caucus, Senator Bill Eigel.
Rep. Sara Walsh announced her congressional candidacy in July, vying for a seat left open by Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler who is running for U.S. Senate.