Jack Suntrup
Jefferson City Reporter at St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Missouri politics and government reporter for @stltoday
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2 weeks ago |
stltoday.com | Jack Suntrup |Kurt Erickson
JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri House and Senate on Thursday were headed for a showdown over whether to inject millions of taxpayer dollars into a program funding private school tuition. Following a request from Gov. Mike Kehoe, the House’s budget plan calls for a $50 million infusion for the MOScholars program, which is currently designed to run off of tax credit-eligible donations.
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2 months ago |
stltoday.com | Jack Suntrup |Kurt Erickson |Ezra Bitterman
JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Mike Kehoe celebrated a string of legislative victories Thursday as lawmakers bolted from the Capitol for a weeklong spring break. The new Republican governor held a news conference with GOP leaders and legislators, touting a state takeover of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department that awaits his signature. Kehoe said his team will conduct a bill review next week and said that he could sign the takeover plan Wednesday.
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2 months ago |
stltoday.com | Jack Suntrup |Ezra Bitterman
JEFFERSON CITY — Nearly a decade after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, the Missouri Senate on Monday voted to keep an old prohibition against it on the books. While same-sex marriages are currently allowed in Missouri, and the statutory ban has only a symbolic effect, senators voted 6-19 against an amendment by Sen. Stephen Webber, D-Columbia, to allow the statutory ban to expire in August.
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Jan 28, 2025 |
stltoday.com | Jack Suntrup |Kurt Erickson
JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Mike Kehoe, in his first State of the State address on Tuesday, called for dramatic changes to the state’s education system including state-funded vouchers and an open-enrollment system for students. Included in Kehoe’s spending $53.7 billion spending proposal is a $50 million outlay to jumpstart the state’s private school voucher program, a Republican-backed program originally designed to run on volunteer contributions and tax credits, not general revenue.
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Jan 13, 2025 |
stltoday.com | Jack Suntrup |Kurt Erickson |Ezra Bitterman
JEFFERSON CITY — Michael L. Kehoe became Missouri’s 58th governor on Monday, reciting the oath of office before over 1,000 spectators gathered outside the Capitol in freezing temperatures. Kehoe was sworn in, using his late mother’s Bible, by former U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt. After the oath of office, the Missouri National Guard performed a 19-gun salute and three fighter jets flew over the Capitol.
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‘E-Harmony for babies’: Registry would track Missouri women ‘at risk’ of abortion https://t.co/nZVEJlKsV6 via @stltoday
Missouri Senate votes to make restrictions on transgender care for minors permanent https://t.co/sYtZqB6e6m via @stltoday
Kehoe calls for state funding of voucher program, takeover of St. Louis police https://t.co/P3yPvLok5D via @stltoday