Jason Hancock | Missouri Independent
Jason Hancock has been writing about Missouri since 2011, most recently as lead political reporter for The Kansas City Star. He has spent nearly two decades covering politics and policy for news organizations across the Midwest, and has a track record of exposing government wrongdoing and holding elected officials accountable.
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Missouri's former governor is seriously looking at the 2022 campaign, though he could face issues with his party’s base for his handling as governor of the 2014 uprising in Ferguson.
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Gov. Parson was expected to make a call by Friday for a special session next week, but that plan was abandoned.
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Unlike every other legal business in the state, marijuana companies are currently prohibited from deducting business expenses on their taxes.
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Missouri's constitution prohibits the state from granting more than five dispensary licenses to any single entity or individual. But there are several companies that seem to hold more than five licenses, but the state is withholding any ownership information.
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Rep. Rick Roeber would be only the second lawmaker ever expelled from the House
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Smith has represented Missouri's bootheel 2013 and is a staunch Trump supporter.
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An estimated 4.5 million Missouri residents are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
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A subpoena was issued Thursday, though Hawley’s former chief of staff says he already agreed to March deposition.
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The governor says politics, not COVID-19, led to his State of the State being moved to the Senate.
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Wiley Price Jr. was expelled from the Democratic Causus Sunday. This follows accusations that Price harassment and retaliation against an aide.
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A federal lawsuit filed last week seeks to strike down a Missouri requirement that medical marijuana licenses go to businesses owned by residents of the state.
