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Rudi Keller

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Deputy Editor at Missouri Independent

Deputy editor Missouri Independent. @MO_Independent Former news editor @ColumbiaTribune. I also write Civil War history

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  • 1 week ago | columbiamissourian.com | Rudi Keller

    Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe's plan to rapidly enlarge a scholarship program for private and religious schools with an infusion of state tax funds was cut out of the budget Wednesday as the Senate Appropriations Committee finished revising spending plans for the coming year. The $50 million request for the MoScholars program, which is supposed to be funded from donations and tax credits, was approved in the Missouri House as part of its budget proposal. But state Sen.

  • 1 week ago | missouriindependent.com | Rudi Keller

    Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe’s plan to rapidly enlarge a scholarship program for private and religious schools with an infusion of state tax funds was cut out of the budget Wednesday as the Senate Appropriations Committee finished revising spending plans for the coming year. The $50 million request for the MoScholars program, which is supposed to be funded from donations and tax credits, was approved in the Missouri House as part of its budget proposal. But state Sen.

  • 1 week ago | joplinglobe.com | Rudi Keller

    The Missouri Senate will debate a state budget that adds large sums to public education, endorses Gov. Mike Kehoe’s longevity raise plan in full and sets up a showdown between two powerful lawmakers over earmarked projects for their districts. To get the bills to the full Senate, appropriations staff will have to overcome or work around a faulty new software system that crashed Tuesday while the Senate Appropriations Committee took a lunch break.

  • 1 week ago | missouriindependent.com | Rudi Keller

    The Missouri Senate will debate a state budget that adds large sums to public education, endorses Gov. Mike Kehoe’s longevity raise plan in full and sets up a showdown between two powerful lawmakers over earmarked projects for their districts. To get the bills to the full Senate, appropriations staff will have to overcome or work around a faulty new software system that crashed Tuesday while the Senate Appropriations Committee took a lunch break.

  • 1 week ago | kttn.com | Rudi Keller

    Click the + Icon To See Additional Sharing Options(Missouri Independent) – On Nov. 7, 2000, Deandra Buchanan was at home in Columbia with his stepfather, aunt, and girlfriend, celebrating news that the aunt had found an apartment and was going to move into her own place. During the celebration, Buchanan received a delivery of marijuana. After smoking, he says he began having a paranoid episode. “I ended up smoking something that was laced and it caused me to flip out,” Buchanan said.

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Rudi Keller
Rudi Keller @RudiKellerMI
11 Mar 25

In St. Louis in 1861, and in Kansas City in 1874, a #moleg controlled by Democrats put police under state control, taking away power from recently elected Republicans. I dive into why it happened in the latest edition of Rudi 'splains it: https://t.co/i1L7d3QocR

Rudi Keller
Rudi Keller @RudiKellerMI
5 Mar 25

RT @Allie_Kite: Some exciting news - I started this week on the politics team at the Minnesota @StarTribune. Please send tips, restaurant r…

Rudi Keller
Rudi Keller @RudiKellerMI
3 Mar 25

.@BayerCropProUS is improperly hiding details of a “propaganda” campaign targeting #moleg and potential jurors, an emergency motion to lift the confidentiality cloak claims. The motion will be argued Thursday in Cole County Circuit Court. #mogov https://t.co/VPP25zWBfr