Stories by Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent
Once Upon a Time in Missouri: Republican Attorney General Backed Mandatory Vaccination
During a 1921 smallpox outbreak in Kansas City, the state health board required vaccine passports to board trains
by Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent
September 14, 2021
COVID Cases Among Children Rising as Missouri Delta Variant Wave Enters Fifth Month
August sees highest cases, deaths of surge first detected in May by wastewater monitoring
by Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent
September 1, 2021
Fight Over Mask Orders Growing at Rate to Rival Missouri Delta Variant Cases
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas calls Eric Schmitt threat of lawsuit ‘malarkey’
by Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent
July 29, 2021
Missouri Supreme Court Rules Voter-Approved Medicaid Expansion is Constitutional
Unanimous decision will make 275,000 Missourians eligible for health care coverage
by Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent
July 22, 2021
Missouri Gov. Parson Abandons Plans to Implement Voter-Approved Medicaid Expansion
State's Voters Approved Expansion in 2020 Election
by Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent
May 13, 2021
Gas Tax Increase On Its Way to Governor After Clearing Missouri House
First tax increase without a statewide vote since 1993
by Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent
May 12, 2021
Scramble Starts for Missouri’s Share of Federal COVID-19 Cash
Cities, schools and other agencies make pitch for projects using state’s aid from American Rescue Plan
by Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent
April 13, 2021
Major Josh Hawley Donor Calls for Him to be Censured by the U.S. Senate
David Humphreys called Hawley an ‘an anti-democracy populist’ who provoked the D.C. riots
by Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent
January 8, 2021
Funding for Flatland
Provided By
The Fred and Lou Hartwig Family
Jo Anna Dale
Robert & Marlese Gourley
Herbert & Bonnie Buchbinder Voters Repeal Clean Missouri Redistricting Plan They Enacted in 2018
Gerrymandering Battles Continues
by Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent
November 4, 2020