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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Studies have repeatedly found mandates encourage mask use and slow COVID spread. Politics and lawsuits make them unattractive to policymakers -
Annual consensus revenue estimate adds to record surplus as Parson prepares budget proposal -
Jurisdictions with mask mandates averaged 15.8 cases per day for every 100,000 residents, compared to 21.7 in unmasked communities. -
COVID-19 cases rose 20%, hospitalizations 30% since the end of October -
MODOT Director Patrick McKenna said money will go towards as many of the state’s more than 400 unfunded projects as possible -
University of Missouri-St. Louis professor Shaji Khan helped the St. Louis Post-Dispatch report data breach on state system. -
Missouri governor demanded the investigation of a journalist who alerted the state to a website security flaw, pegging the cost to the state at $50 million. Democrats say that number is unrealistic, and it’s not clear what the money would be used for. -
The media giant has sold 12 papers in smaller communities as it streamlines national operation -
A pair of St. Louis Democrats sought entry under a state law granting lawmakers access ‘at any time’ to state prisons. -
Republican senator says lawmakers need to take action on the unregulated gambling machines around the state. -
Corizon, the state’s current contractor, accuses state purchasing division of ‘multiple unfair and unlawful practices.’ -
In northeast Missouri, where low populations translate into small hospitals, there were no ICU beds available.
