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Missouri Senate strikes deal to boost public-school funding in private-school tax-credit bill

10 months ago
Missouri Senate Democrats ended their filibuster Tuesday of a bill that seeks to expand the state’s K-12 tax-credit scholarship program β€” agreeing to let the legislation come to a vote after Republicans added provisions boosting public school funding and teacher retention efforts. The bill receiving first-round approval in the Senate Tuesday evening is the second version to come to the floor this week. The original 12-page bill ballooned to 76 pages before expanding to 153 pages Tuesday after…
Annelise Hanshaw

Dean Plocher draws new scrutiny over series of Capitol meetings with out-of-state vendor

10 months ago
Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher arranged a series of meetings in the state Capitol last month between GOP legislators and an out-of-state technology vendor, inviting renewed bipartisan criticism of the embattled Republican as he remains the focus of an ongoing ethics investigation. The unusual arrangement β€” including a meeting with GOP leadership that took place in the speaker’s Capitol office β€” is drawing comparisons to Plocher unsuccessfully pushing last year for the House to spend $800,000…
Jason Hancock