Sarah Kellogg
Statehouse and Politics ReporterSarah Kellogg is St. Louis Public Radio’s Statehouse and Politics Reporter, taking on the position in August 2021. Sarah is from the St. Louis area and even served as a newsroom intern for St. Louis Public Radio back in 2015.
Before covering the Missouri Statehouse, she spent several years in Little Rock, Arkansas, serving as both the morning host and state politics reporter for KUAR. As politics reporter, Sarah covered not only the Arkansas legislative sessions, but also statewide and city politics.
Sarah graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism, earning both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees, which included covering the 2018 Missouri Legislative Session for KBIA.
Now living as a townie in her former college town, Sarah enjoys watching movies at her local indie cinema, taking frequent trips to St. Louis, crocheting and spending time with her cat Lunch.
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During the first meeting of the House Future Caucus in St. Louis, Mayor Cara Spencer said that without an immediate response from FEMA, the state will have to step up in instances of disaster. -
The new map breaks the Kansas-City-based district of Democrat Emmanuel Cleaver into three in an effort to make it more Republican-leaning. -
The plaintiffs are seeking a reversal of a lower court that upheld the ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors. -
St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer’s office said FEMA is providing a lump sum and will cover 75% of eligible debris removal costs, with the state covering the remaining 25%. -
The special session, which will begin Wednesday, will also include trying to make it harder to pass constitutional amendments. Among other changes, any proposed amendment would need a majority of the statewide vote and passage in all eight congressional districts. -
The new requirements won’t affect Missouri drivers until a new system from the Department of Revenue is put in place. -
Hanaway will be the first woman to ever serve as Missouri’s attorney general. -
Because Proposition A, which included a minimum wage hike and mandated paid sick leave, was a statute change, lawmakers were able to repeal it. If it returns as a constitutional amendment, it would be harder to change again. -
The effort, called for by President Donald Trump, is designed to increase Missouri’s Republican seats from six to seven. Only one seat would be safe for Democrats. -
The Democratic county executive faces two felony and two misdemeanor charges, accused of using county funds to send a mailer that could be seen as opposing a measure that was on the April ballot. -
Here’s how much Corporation for Public Broadcasting funds every station in the two states will lose because of the federal rescission package's passage. -
A special interim committee held the first of its six meetings on Wednesday. The next meeting will be July 30 in Lebanon.
