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Reply Randall Williams, director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services testifies before the House Special Committee on Disease Control and Prevention on Nov. 10, 2020. ( (Photo by Tim Bommel/House Communications)) April 29, 2021 A week out from Randall Williams' resignation as Missouri Gov. Mike Parson's health director, there remains little clarity on what spurred his sudden departure. Subscribe On Monday, the governor's office refused to release a copy of Williams' resignation letter, arguing that it was considered a closed record under the state's Sunshine Law. That foll...

With Idaho case, AP counts 109 statehouse sexual harassment or abuse allegations nationwide since 2017 David Lieb and Keith Ridler, Associated Press Updated at Share This Idaho Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger BOISE (AP) — An Idaho lawmaker was accused of raping an intern; a Missouri lawmaker of abusing his children. In North Dakota and Oregon, a pair of lawmakers faced claims of a pattern of sexual harassment. All are now out of office — either resigning under pressure or getting expelled by colleagues within the past two months. Three other lawmakers accused this year remain in their jobs. The...

Randall Williams, testifies before a Missouri legislative committee. (Photo by Tim Bommel of the Missouri state House staff) Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is refusing to release Williams’ resignation letter despite routine releases of such letters in past administrations A week out from Randall Williams’ resignation as Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s health director, there remains little clarity on what spurred his sudden departure. On Monday, the governor’s office refused to release a copy of Williams’ resignation letter, arguing that it was considered a closed record under the state’s ...

OPINION: Political ambition and sex crimes often go hand-in-hand Lauren Uhlrich, Contributing Writer|April 25, 2021 From the origination of the #MeToo movement from 2017 to 2019, the Associated Press compiled a list of 90 state lawmakers accused of sexual misconduct within those two years; this is significant due to the sheer number of politicians accused of sex crimes within a short period of time. The list was categorized by the level of consequences faced, ranging from legal repercussions to resignation. The report is also an unfortunate reminder that people in power often do not face repe...

Quinton Lucas said... If he was Biden's son he could write a book and sell a measly 10,000 copies. Anonymous said... Well this needs to be a good platform to evict Maxine Waters.I don't care what her melatonin level is...She insulted the very system she works for by inciting violence IF they disagreed with the outcome. NOT serving the taxpayers and behaving horrible. As far as I am concerned she was as bad as the officer who obviously had a stressful melt down while dealing with a thieving drug addict which is now a "hero martyr". I call Bullshit! Cop should have been fired no pension and the...