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Plocher’s hold on his speakership remains tenuous and his campaign for lieutenant governor is now considered a longshot. His top legislative staff are gone, either fired or resigned in the wake of the scandals. But the impact of the ethics probe is playing out in more subtle ways in the Missouri House.
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The censure follows an investigation finding that Prenzler gave cards with a list of his accomplishments and links to his political campaign fundraising website to a vendor working at the county administration building last fall.
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The sometimes controversial Kurt Prenzler blames the probe on politics in a reelection year. The GOP chairman is accused of handing out campaign cards, touting his political accomplishments, while on the job.
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Public records show the Missouri House spent $60,000 of taxpayer money renovating the speaker’s office — including $29,000 on new furniture like a leather sofa and new fridge. At the same time, other legislative offices remain inaccessible to constituents with disabilities.
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Longtime Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg discusses the cases she will follow in the new U.S. Supreme Court session.
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Rep. Rick Roeber would be only the second lawmaker ever expelled from the House
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Wiley Price Jr. was expelled from the Democratic Causus Sunday. This follows accusations that Price harassment and retaliation against an aide.
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As the number of patients sickened by the coronavirus surged worldwide, hospital officials considered a gut-wrenching question: If doctors can’t care for…
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Medical ethicists are trained to confront ethical questions in medicine, and the novel coronavirus raises quite a few.For instance, in China and Italy,…
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker used his State of the State address Wednesday to call for a culture change in Illinois government — particularly when it comes to...