By Rudi Keller | Deputy Editor
“I feel like maybe I was taken advantage of.”
– State Sen. Rusty Black, discussing how a possible education funding shortfall occurred.
House Budget Chair Dirk Deaton, a Republican from Seneca, discusses the final Missouri budget plan during debate Wednesday (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent).
by Rudi Keller
A last-minute fight over public school funding Wednesday almost derailed final Missouri state budget votes as Democrats, with some Republican allies, questioned whether some funds dedicated to education will be available in the coming year.
Legislation sponsored by State Sen. Nick Schroer, a Defiance Republican, grew to include amendments ranging from a domestic violence registry to expanded DNA testing after arrests and an expanded pay policy at the state-controlled St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent).
by Steph Quinn
A bill to prohibit low-flying drones over power plants, pipelines and other infrastructure transformed into wide-ranging public safety legislation Tuesday as the Missouri House added 47 amendments over nearly three and half hours.
Customers play Torch slot machines in April at a Columbia convenience store. A bill to legalize video lottery to displace the unregulated machines was killed in a Senate committee vote on Wednesday. (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent)
by Rudi Keller
A bill to authorize video lottery games in gas stations and other locations suffered a decisive defeat Wednesday in a Missouri Senate committee, ending for another year hopes of vendors hoping to replace unregulated games.
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