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With the state bouncing back from a turbulent financial period in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, some legislators have set their sights on a new tax stream for Missouri.
Missouri’s General Assembly signed off on the witness protection bill this week, sending the measure on to the governor’s desk for final approval.
Here you can view the total contributions, expenditures, and more for each candidate seeking to represent the state in the Senate.
Senate Republicans opted to move the previous question in a last-ditch effort to pass a concurrent jurisdiction provision early Thursday morning after a long day of debate in the chamber.
After two years in the upper chamber, Sen. Bill White is gunning for the position of Assistant Majority Floor Leader next legislative session.
Eliminating the police residency requirement in St. Louis would be one of the most effective outcomes of the special session on violent crime, according to St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson.
“As elected officials, we have a responsibility to fix this issue before it disenfranchises tens of thousands of Missouri voters.”
As the House finished its approval of the extraordinary session crime bills, rumblings in the Capitol’s halls about a second special session to fund the witness protection bill have begun.
This session has been anything but “general” or “normal” as it comes in the midst of a global health crisis.