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The Jackson County assessment process is “deeply flawed,” Gail McCann Beatty, its director of assessment, conceded before a House committee Monday.
The Joplin Republican was the only person ever to serve as Missouri House Speaker and Senate President Pro Tem.
Joplin Republican was the only person ever to serve as Missouri House speaker and Senate president pro tem.
Sen. Lincoln Hough, R-Springfield, expressed unease with the measure so soon after a deadly school shooting in Nashville.
Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft tweeted that a job posting for a “diversity, inclusion and belonging leader” was an example of “left-wing indoctrination in the workplace” and the wrong use of taxpayer dollars. State agency leaders say inclusion and belonging programs help retain employees during a severe staffing shortage.