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Restrictions on drag performances debated by Missouri House committee
Autumn Equinox, a drag performer, tells Missouri House committee members that gender affirmation through drag has been lifesaving for her. The Special Committee on Public Policy debated restrictions on...
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Missouri Senate strikes deal to boost public-school funding in private-school...
Missouri State Sen. Lauren Arthur, D-Kansas City, and Sen. Doug Beck, D-Affton, kick off a filibuster of a bill that would expand the state's K-12 tax-credit scholarships (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri...
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Opposition remains for sprawling education bill expanding Missouri private...
State Sen. Andrew Koenig, R-Manchester, filed his candidacy for State Treasurer at the end of February. If elected, he would oversee the MOScholars program — a K-12 tax-credit scholarship he seeks to...
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Caleb Rowden pushes for charter schools in his county over objections from...
Sen. Caleb Rowden, R-Columbia, names education policy as a top priority in a speech after his colleagues unanimously approved his appointment as president pro tem on Jan. 4, 2023 (Annelise...
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Missouri Attorney General leads coalition challenging Biden student debt relief
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is leading a group of six states in a legal challenge against the federal government's SAVE Plan, an income-driven student-loan repayment plan (Annelise...
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Missouri treasurer pushes back on legislative criticism of MoScholars data...
State Treasurer Vivek Malek testifies in January in support of a bill by Sen. Andrew Koenig that would expand the MOScholars program. Both are campaigning for the 2024 State Treasurer's election...
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U.S. Senate committee critical of MOHELA after widespread complaints
The Higher Education Loan Authority of the State of Missouri (MOHELA)'s Columbia operating center, as photographed Feb. 28 (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent).A U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday...
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Survivors of childhood sexual abuse ask Missouri Attorney General, lawmakers...
Advocates for protections for survivors of childhood sexual abuse speak in front of the Missouri Supreme Court building prior to delivering a letter to the Missouri Attorney General (Annelise...
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Missouri Senate amends House bill to ease passage of K-12 tax credit expansion
Sen. Andrew Koenig, R-Manchester, answers questions about his bill that would expand K-12 tax-credit scholarships during a committee meeting on Jan. 20 (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent).The...
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Missouri House narrowly sends private-school tax credit, charter expansion to...
Sen. Andrew Koenig, R-Manchester, answers questions about his bill that would expand MOScholars during a press conference early in the 2024 legislative session (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent).A...
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