Sarah Kellogg
Statehouse and Politics ReporterSarah Kellogg is St. Louis Public Radio’s Statehouse and Politics Reporter, taking on the position in August 2021. Sarah is from the St. Louis area and even served as a newsroom intern for St. Louis Public Radio back in 2015.
Before covering the Missouri Statehouse, she spent several years in Little Rock, Arkansas, serving as both the morning host and state politics reporter for KUAR. As politics reporter, Sarah covered not only the Arkansas legislative sessions, but also statewide and city politics.
Sarah graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism, earning both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees, which included covering the 2018 Missouri Legislative Session for KBIA.
Now living as a townie in her former college town, Sarah enjoys watching movies at her local indie cinema, taking frequent trips to St. Louis, crocheting and spending time with her cat Lunch.
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Senate Democrats filibustered against the bill from early Monday evening into Tuesday afternoon. They ultimately stood down after the passage of a bipartisan amendment that stripped the proposal down to its main goal, which they think voters will reject.
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House leaders decided not to take up the legislation just days after a deadly shooting in Kansas City.
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The $2.8 billion project will expand Interstate 70 to three lanes in each direction across the state.
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Members of the Missouri Freedom Caucus have said passing a resolution that would make it harder to amend the state’s constitution is their top priority. Senate Democrats spent Monday and Tuesday filibustering the resolution.
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The set of tax credits, which Gov. Mike Parson mentioned during his State of the State address, gained broad bipartisan support. It stalled in the Senate last session.
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The protests temporarily stopped a speech being given by Maor Elbaz-Starinsky, consul general of Israel in Miami, to members of the Missouri House and Senate.
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The Columbia Democrat spent more than three decades teaching in the Columbia public school district.
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The legislation, which has passed the Missouri House and died in the Senate the past few years, would allow public school students to enroll in a participating school district that they do not reside in.
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The Missouri Senate passed a slate of gubernatorial appointments the same day a Senate committee approved a resolution making it harder to amend the state’s constitution.
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The 57th governor of Missouri gave his final State of the State address to the General Assembly on Wednesday. During his speech, he not only spoke about what he wants to accomplish in this year’s budget, but he reflected on his six years in office.
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The address coincided with the release of his proposed budget, which includes a 3.2% raise for state employees as well as a higher boost for state workers in places like juvenile detention centers and mental health facilities.
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The actions from the Missouri Senate's leader comes days after members of the Missouri Freedom caucus successfully held up a set of gubernatorial appointments from being approved.