Rudi Keller
Rudi Keller covers the state budget, energy and the legislature for the Missouri Independent. He’s spent 22 of his 30 years in journalism covering Missouri government and politics, most recently as the news editor of the Columbia Daily Tribune. Keller has won awards for spot news and investigative reporting.
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Fundraising in the Republican and Democratic primaries for Missouri governor has exceeded $21 million, with the majority going to Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe. But the race for attorney general is also proving pricey.
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The restored delegates include two of the major GOP candidates for governor, Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft and state Sen. Bill Eigel. A committee overturned the July 3 decision to replace those and other delegates to the Milwaukee convention.
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The Missouri Republican Party lost a lawsuit seeking to kick Darrell McClanahan III off the ballot for governor. McClanahan, who admitted being an "honorary member" of the Ku Klux Klan in a lawsuit, is listed first among the nine candidates.
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Missouri's list of rejected delegates includes two of the major GOP candidates for governor, Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft and state Sen. Bill Eigel. A Republican National Convention committee determined that they were not properly credentialed, along with other "alarming irregularities."
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An attorney for Darrell McClanahan III says the party’s appeal is too late to deny him a spot on the ballot in August.
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Othel Moore died at the Jefferson City Correctional Center in December while restrained and in isolation. Four corrections officers were fired in March for their actions related to his death.
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Pharmacy manufacturers, who are playing defense on similar bills across the country, want Missouri Gov. Mike Parson to veto the legislation because the discounted prescriptions are often sold to patients at full retail price.
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Three Missouri senators made social posts falsely accusing Kansas resident Denton Loudermill of being an "illegal immigrant" who was involved in the Super Bowl parade shooting. They've claimed legislative immunity for their social media posts, saying their assertions were part of official business.
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The measure passed in 2023 requires removal of almost all personal identifiers, including witness and victim names and addresses, from public court documents.
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House Chief Clerk Dana Miller accuses Dean Plocher of pushing for the purchase of expensive constituent communication software, because it would mean large donations for his statewide campaign for lieutenant governor.