Rachel Lippmann
Lippmann returned to her native St. Louis after spending two years covering state government in Lansing, Michigan. She earned her undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and followed (though not directly) in Maria Altman's footsteps in Springfield, also earning her graduate degree in public affairs reporting. She's also done reporting stints in Detroit, Michigan and Austin, Texas. Rachel likes to fill her free time with good books, good friends, good food, and good baseball.
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The Missouri governor's State of the State address on Wednesday also included calls to invest $400 million in water and wastewater systems, investments in agriculture and telehealth upgrades and economic development.
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The case resulted from a 2019 challenge to a state law that says local elected officials can’t spend public money to campaign for or against ballot measures or candidates.
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The unanimous decision means low income Missourians eligible via a 2020 ballot initiative can sign up for the health care program, even though the legislature didn’t fund it.
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St. Louis and St. Louis County jointly filed suit Monday asking a judge to find a new law that seeks to ban federal gun laws in Missouri unconstitutional.
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Mark and Patricia McCloskey both admitted to misdemeanor charges. They had to pay fines and surrender their weapons.
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Starting July 1, photographers will pay $100 a year, and videographers $500 a day, to use the areas for things like movie or documentary shoots, or wedding and engagement photos.
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Follow along for the last day of Missouri's 2021 legislative session
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The bill would ban police from using chokeholds and would establish a use of force database for departments. It also eliminates the residency requirement for the Kansas City Police Department.
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State Sen. Holly Rehder, R-Sikeston, has been trying to pass a prescription drug monitoring program since she was first elected to the legislature nine years ago.
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Senate President Pro Tem Dave Schatz's bill would raise the gas tax 2.5 cents a year for five years.