Friday budget deadline tests Republican factional fractures in Missouri Senate
The end of a 41-hour filibuster early Thursday was a cease-fire in the Missouri Senate’s Republican civil war, not a peace settlement.
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The end of a 41-hour filibuster early Thursday was a cease-fire in the Missouri Senate’s Republican civil war, not a peace settlement.
“This commonsense measure will ensure homeowners have more of a say in what developments are allowed in their communities,” Parson said on Monday.
“The object of a budget bill is to allocate money,” said Michael Wolff, a former Missouri Supreme Court chief justice. “What they’ve taken on is a new duty and that is to confuse people.”
A chorus of Missouri health care groups and the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry said the senators were “endangering the well-being of millions of Missourians.”
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The saga of Dean Plocher took another twist this week, with the House speaker’s leadership team circumventing the chamber’s rules to try to force the ethics