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New amusement rides, carnival games planned for Union Station expansion

8 months ago
Union Station is planning a huge expansion with new amusement rides to hopefully open next summer. While some of the best attractions remain at Union Station, the National Historic Landmark keeps reinventing itself. "From what it was 20 years ago, it's unrecognizable. It really is. And I think that's part of the magic of Union Station," said Cameron Schoeffel, director of sales and entertainment at Union Station. Schoeffel said they are always thinking of more reasons for locals to stay downtown…
Megan Kernan

Democrats pull all-night filibuster of bill making it harder to amend Missouri Constitution

8 months ago
A Democratic filibuster of legislation making it harder for Missourians to amend the state constitution through citizen-led initiatives stretched through the night and into its 15th hour Tuesday morning. Though Democrats oppose the changes to the initiative petition process, their filibuster was focused on GOP efforts to include β€œballot candy” that would add unrelated issues about immigrants voting and foreign fundraising to the question that would appear on the statewide ballot. Unless Republicans…
Anna Spoerre

Child care tax credits, a top priority for Missouri governor, face uphill battle in the Senate

8 months ago
For the second year in a row, the fate of a bill creating new child care tax credits β€” one of Gov. Mike Parson’s top legislative priorities β€” is in the hands of a faction of Republicans in the Missouri Senate. Designed to help improve access and affordability of child care, the package of child care tax credits has received bipartisan support and was the first bill approved by the House this year. But that bill, sponsored by Republican state Rep. Brenda Shields of St. Joseph, stalled in…
Anna Spoerre and Clara Bates