
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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St. Louis and St. Louis County have asked a court to overturn the Missouri bill that would fine law enforcement agencies and officers who work with federal agencies to enforce gun regulations.
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Local health department reports put deaths from coronavirus near 11,200, while some counties double state count.
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Hospitalizations continue to climb, with 2,200 patients hospitalized across Missouri, as the state reported 4,213 new infections on Wednesday.
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The Missouri Attorney General’s filing mixes state and local COVID case counts and death counts in comparisons, among other errors.
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Sixth Amendment ‘Confrontation Clause’ tested by technology, COVID restrictions on hearings
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Griffin was speaker for 15 years and was forced to resign by a federal criminal investigation.
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Hours after Missouri lawmakers approved an FRA extension, the governor signed 13 bills making up the $35.6 billion state budget
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The tax crucial to Medicaid’s funding heads to the House after hours of behind-closed-doors discussion
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Southwest Missouri’s most popular tourist areas are the epicenter of a COVID-19 outbreak linked to the Delta variant that is responsible for making India second to the United States in coronavirus cases. All eight counties along a heavily traveled route from Branson to the Lake of the Ozarks are among the 30 local health jurisdictions with the highest rate of newly reported cases so far this month.
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Cole County case could be decided before July 1 start date set by Missouri constitution.
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Three Missouri residents who would be eligible for Medicaid coverage on July 1 filed a lawsuit Thursday that seeks an order to force the stalled expansion of the program
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Missouri lawmakers soundly defeated efforts to add referendum to bill to raise tax 12.5 cents per gallon.