
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 legislation would make a first offense an infraction, with a fine of up to $50, and two points on the driver’s record.
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His re-election in December marked the first time in almost a decade that the party retained its top leader for a second two-year term.
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The plot has been turned over to the department’s Criminal Tax Investigation Bureau.
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On the day the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Cincinnati Bengals to earn their latest Super Bowl trip, 1,550 people tried and failed 4,571 times to place a bet on the game. Across Missouri, more than 136,000 transactions were blocked on game day.
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House Budget Committee sends supplemental spending bill with 8.7% raises, increased night differential, to floor for debate.
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Missourians are seeing massive delays in receiving services, ranging from call center wait times to court-ordered mental treatment.
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Democrats picked up three seats in the Missouri House during the 2022 elections. Two months later, they are hopeful they may be able to capture another.
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Parson wants 8.7 % pay hikes for state workers by end of March
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A prison nurse said she felt trapped between two corrections officers as one described plans to kidnap, drug and rape her. Her attorney said there were “daily ‘rape jokes’ from other corrections officers and retaliation by the warden and other jail personnel.”
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Rep. Chris Sander says it's time to alter 2004 constitutional amendment to say legal marriages are between ‘two individuals.’
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The court concluded that Missouri refused to allow paycheck deductions to starve the corrections workers’ union during negotiations — violating the “fundamental right” to collective bargaining guaranteed by the Missouri Constitution, and freedom of speech and association rights protected by the state and federal constitutions.
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Michael Butler, St. Louis Recorder of Deeds, is the first Democratic state chairman re-elected since 2015.