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Category: Missouri region

Are we witnessing the end of representative government?

April 9, 2020 Glenn Koenen 2020 Election, Constitution, Government, Missouri region, States Leave a comment

Back at the turn of the century, as Chair of the Missouri Advisory Council On Alcohol and Drug Abuse, I appeared before committees working-up

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realID

I got my Real ID last week in Missouri. Here’s what you can learn from my experience.

January 17, 2020 Gloria Shur Bilchik Government, Missouri region Leave a comment

By October 1, 2020, anyone wanting to fly domestically, or gain legal admittance to a government facility or a nuclear power plant needs to

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white supremacy

My response to the poster found today at Truman State U.

March 25, 2019 Reece Ellis Justice, Missouri region Leave a comment

As a black person and as the president of College Democrats of Truman State University, I feel that I have a dual responsibility to

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Proposed St. Louis City – County merger: Better together?

January 28, 2019 Steve Sorkin Cities, Ideas, Missouri region, St. Louis Leave a comment

The “Better Together” plan for the re-consolidation of St. Louis City and St. Louis County is being released, and the initiative drive is about

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Reverse the vote: Undoing the will of the people is now official Republican policy

January 6, 2019 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, 2018 Election, Democracy, Missouri region, Republicans, States Leave a comment

Republican governors, state legislators and secretaries of state have become shameless in their attempts to reverse the results of legitimately passed ballot initiatives. What

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anti-gerrymandering

MO GOP’s overt / covert plots to undermine new anti-gerrymandering law

December 8, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2018 Election, Good government, Missouri region, Republicans Leave a comment

After the November 2018 midterm election, Missouri voters could congratulate themselves on being ahead of the curve in the nationwide drive for anti-gerrymandering laws.

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Missouri Amendment 1: Cleaning up Missouri politics

October 31, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2018 Election, Good government, Missouri region, Widgets: 2018 Missouri election One comment

Sponsors of Missouri Amendment 1—aptly nicknamed Clean Missouri—aims to increase fairness, integrity and transparency in Missouri politics. With the length and complexity of the

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MO GOP PAC goes low with scary words and images

October 30, 2018 Bill Kesler 2018 Election, Missouri region, Politics, Voting/Elections One comment

The Missouri House Republican Campaign Committee (HRCC) seems to have a thing for scary words like socialism, state-controlled healthcare, atheists, liberal professors, progressive and,

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gas tax

Gas tax [Proposition D] on MO ballot: I voted yes before I knew what I was doing

October 30, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2018 Election, Missouri region, St. Louis, Taxes, Transportation, Voting/Elections, Widgets: 2018 Missouri election One comment

Proposition D on Missouri’s 2018 midterm ballot asks voters whether to increase the tax on a gallon of gas. Should you vote for it? 

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Everything you want to know about the Missouri 2018 ballot, but were afraid to ask

October 25, 2018 Bill Kesler 2018 Election, Missouri region, Voting/Elections, Widget: Missouri 2018 midterm Leave a comment

The Missouri 2018 ballot is a monster. So much to vote on, so little time: Candidates, the dreaded judges’ retentions, plus amendments to the

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