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The Missouri Independent, www.missouriindependent.com, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization covering state government and its impact on Missourians.
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Ashcroft announces his candidacy for Missouri governor
Jay Ashcroft, Missouri’s secretary of state and son of one of the state’s most well-known former elected officials, announced Thursday morning he was joining the 2024 race for governor.In ...
April 6, 2023
Diversity initiatives within Missouri agencies run into attack on ‘woke’ government
High employee turnover has plagued Missouri's Department of Social Services for years.The department's staffing woes have contributed to a range of problems -- from foster children languishing...
March 28, 2023
Effort to drop state sales tax on groceries in limbo
Missouri is one of just 13 states that levies a sales tax on grocery food items.Citing the hefty burden on low-income shoppers and rising cost of food, several other states have moved to reduce the bu...
March 17, 2023
Federal judge strikes down state’s ‘Second Amendment Preservation Act’
A federal judge Tuesday struck down a controversial Missouri law -- known as the Second Amendment Preservation Act -- that penalizes police for enforcing federal gun laws.U.S. District Court Judge Bri...
March 8, 2023
Thousands of state jobs left unfilled; vacancies, turnover causing massive delays in services
Missouri's Department of Mental Health canceled a $16 million project to renovate a building at Fulton State Hospital for use as a sex offender treatment center because there is no realistic expec...
February 7, 2023
Missouri lawmaker proposes tool to fill ‘hard-to-staff’ school positions
A Missouri House committee heard a bill Wednesday that seeks to give school districts a way to recruit educators into "hard-to-staff" positions -- though some worried it could have ill effec...
February 2, 2023
Missouri lawmaker pushes to legalize ‘magic mushrooms’
The magic in "magic mushrooms" may be the ability to defeat post-traumatic stress disorder, and a St. Charles County Republican lawmaker wants to make them legal in a treatment setting.State...
January 31, 2023
GAO report: On-time mail deliveries in rural, urban areas similar
WASHINGTON – Challenges with the cash-strapped United States Postal Service sent many Americans to their wit's end during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in communities reliant on the mail...
January 28, 2023
Missouri panel debates transgender sports, healthcare, drag shows
The Neiss family drove from St. Louis to Jefferson City on Tuesday, a trip they've made many times over the past four years.The reason is always the same: Legislation they fear will harm their tra...
January 26, 2023
Drag performers at Columbia event push back against Missouri Republican attack
A drag performance last week at a diversity event attended by Columbia middle schoolers was "high-brow and innocent," not the salacious sexual display alleged by Missouri Republicans, the ma...
January 24, 2023
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