Rudi Keller
Missouri House committee eyes plan to silo property classes for taxation
State Rep. Kathy Steinhoff of Columbia, right, speaks during the Monday meeting of the Missouri House Special Interim…
Missouri Supreme Court refuses to review $600 million judgement in Roundup cancer lawsuit
The Missouri Supreme Court Building in Jefferson City (Jason Hancock/Missouri Independent).German chemical giant Bayer must pay a $600…
Missouri public schools, Medicaid need $1 billion more to continue current programs
State Sen. Rusty Black, a Republican from Chillicothe, was named chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee just a…
Effort to force vote on gerrymandered Missouri congressional map hits roadblock
Protesters gather in the Missouri Capitol rotunda Sept. 10 in opposition to a proposed congressional district map that…
Missouri voters likely to deliver final verdict on congressional map, initiative changes
Boone County residents line up to vote in October 2024 at the Boone County Government Center in Columbia…
Fired Missouri warden alleges discrimination in lawsuit against corrections department
The Jefferson City Correctional Center. (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent)The warden fired from Jefferson City Correctional Center in the aftermath…
Missouri GOP senator slams party leaders for forcing vote on bills without allowing debate
Sen. Lincoln Hough, R-Springfield, on the first day of the 2024 legislative session (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent).The Missouri Senate…
Missouri GOP leader says lawmakers will start with a congressional map drawn in D.C.
The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City, as pictured September 26, 2023 (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent).There’s a new congressional…
How a 23-year sentence adds up to more than 40 years in prison
Deandre Pointer, a man incarcerated at the Jefferson City Correctional Center, discusses his legal effort to get his…