
Rudi Keller
Deputy Editor | The Missouri IndependentRudi Keller covers the state budget, energy and the legislature. He’s spent 22 of his 30 years in journalism covering Missouri government and politics, most recently as the news editor of the Columbia Daily Tribune. Keller has won awards for spot news and investigative reporting.
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Plans for using stimulus funds also include community development, campus construction projects.
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Republicans voted down Democratic amendments for transportation aid and a $100 million boost to higher education campuses.
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Busch Valentine brings wealth and her record of work as nurse to the race for the Missouri U.S. Senate seat vacated by Roy Blunt. The campaign will be her first run for public office, although she is well-known in Democratic political circles.
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A bill heard Tuesday in a Senate committee would require Medicaid expansion clients to work or be in job training. “It would be a massive problem,” one health clinic founder testified. “We have some who still can’t read and write who came to the clinic."
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A coming autopsy report will give final word on Walker, 37, who collapsed March 11 in hallway of St. Louis hotel
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A panel of Missouri judges tasked with redrawing 34 state Senate districts released a tentative plan Monday.
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Missouri lawmakers are considering the biggest expansion of gambling in the state since voters approved riverboat — and ultimately riverside — casinos three decades ago.
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A bill in the Missouri House to expand the sales tax exemption so that includes food purchased with food stamps became a bill virtually ending the exemption., making it a $416 million tax increase.
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A candidate who shuns partisanship would have ‘a lot of resources’ for campaign, former Senator says
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Lawsuit seeking authority to give salary boosts set for Feb. 10 hearing in Jefferson City.
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Bills would ban ‘pre-reveal’ machines, expand casino offerings and allow for video lottery games.
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Parson cites the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines and the work of health care professionals in his decision that it's no longer necessary "to continue the state of emergency." The Missouri Hospital Association warns failure to extend the order will hamper providers facing staff shortages.