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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The state’s budget also provides funding for the public defender system and mistakenly paid unemployment benefits -
Wednesday night’s vote sets up a likely court battle over the public health insurance program. -
Steelman had previously raised objections about an adviser to Gov. Mike Parson using his connections to the university to seek business for other lobbying clients. -
Democrats argued that record state surpluses would grow with new medical coverage, but Republicans said it's not right for Missouri's budget. -
Mike Ketchmark, a major donor to Republicans and Democrats, opens doors for former GOP state chairman -
The move by the Missouri House budget committee puts the fate of voter-approved expansion in jeopardy. -
Defeat could leave program unfunded, while passage could set up new legal challenge. -
The report, which cost the state nearly $400,000, would have been used to support nursing homes operated by the Missouri Veterans Commission -
Missouri state Sen. Andrew Koenig of Manchester confirms positive test as colleagues mull impact on Senate work -
The Missouri House of Representatives will not meet next week because of an outbreak of COVID-19 in the Capitol Building, Republican leaders announced Thursday evening. -
A Missouri Democratic state representative on Monday accused Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani of lying to overturn the presidential election. The former New York City mayor responded by calling the lawmaker dangerous to democracy.
