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Members of the House also voted on Monday to advance a bill banning ballot drop boxes as well as one elevating 911 dispatchers to the status of emergency responders. All three bills now go to the Senate with three weeks remaining until the legislature adjourns.
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According to the state’s Department of Revenue, of the roughly 3.2 million Missourians who filed state income taxes, only around 1.4 million of them would receive their full tax credit amount.
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Republicans voted down Democratic amendments for transportation aid and a $100 million boost to higher education campuses.
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The original supplemental budget bill included both a 5.5% cost-of-living adjustment and a baseline of $15 an hour for all state employees. Now, those across-the-board raises are out.
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The map keeps Missouri’s congressional makeup intact, with six Republican seats and two Democratic ones. The plan now goes to the Senate.
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The map would likely keep the current congressional makeup in Missouri but is expected to generate fierce debate on the House floor.
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Missouri’s 2022 legislative session begins Wednesday with lawmakers in both the House and Senate gaveling in at noon.
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The 1st Congressional District was created with the help of Black Democrats and Republicans. But not everyone finds that arrangement to be beneficial to Black Missourians.
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A ban on chokeholds, expanded police background checks and higher pay for most county sheriffs are in the bipartisan, compromise bill.
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The legislation creates what is called the Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Account and falls in line with the Republican effort of so-called school choice.