After nearly five decades in public office, U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt is hanging it up.
In a video announcement Monday, the Republican from Niangua said he will not seek a third term in the Senate seat in 2022.
“After 14 general election victories three to county office, seven to the United States House of Representatives, and four statewide elections I won’t be a candidate for reelection to the United States Senate next year, he said.
In the lead-up to the big announcement, he recounted his work to expand access to mental health services, strengthen national security and improve the country s infrastructure to make way for better jobs.
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A Springfield-area lawmaker is taking another shot at “right-to-work” legislation.
The idea that it should be illegal for unions to require workers to join up and pay dues to hold certain jobs lost big at the ballot box three years ago.
Sen. Eric Burlison, R-Battlefield, says that s no reason not to try again.
In a committee hearing on a new bill Tuesday, Burlison told colleagues there’s still time “to right a wrong, to free people and employees from paying dues to an organization just because they want to be employed and have a job.”
In addition to giving new “freedom” to employees, Burlison said the change would also help entice employers currently shunning Missouri for right-to-work states that make up most of the South and Midwest.