I asked Sheena Greitens' attorney Helen Wade if she plans to use Eric Greitens' new campaign ad in the former couple's ongoing child custody dispute:
"Absolutely," she said. "This is over the line."
#MOSen
Budget conference committee agreed to increase teacher starting pay to $38K.
Boosting teacher pay minimum (from $25K) was among Gov.'s priorities in his recommended $47.3B budget. Committee will also fully fund public school transportation for first time since '91.
#moleg
New: Missouri Senate passes bill to end child marriage in the state.
Republican Sen. Mike Moon was the lone “no” vote. Today’s vote came exactly one year after Moon made comments in a hearing defending children as young as 12 getting married.
Story tk
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Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher on Thursday largely refused to answer questions about the state’s lax gun laws and abruptly ended a news conference after he was asked repeatedly about yesterday's shooting in Kansas City.
#moleg
NEW: After days of silence, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson tells
@KCStar
that President Joe Biden is politicizing the shooting of Ralph Yarl. Biden called Yarl and invited him to the White House.
#moleg
New: Missouri would be the only state in the country that taxes food but does not tax guns under a bill being considered by the Missouri Senate.
#moleg
“I understand that Mr. Greitens does not want to give a deposition prior to the primary. I understand that. But we want this case to be over with,”
@SheenaGreitens
' lawyer told the judge Friday.
#mosen
Missouri Democrat, advocate of gun reform and abortion rights, hints at run for governor
@maiabond142
and I take a look at the 2024 race for governor where no Democrats have officially announced a campaign yet.
#moleg
"I don’t understand how Andrew Bailey can identify as a lawyer when he clearly doesn’t know the difference between a civil and criminal proceeding, he should enroll in our outstanding law school at UMKC and get a refresher course," says
@JohnJRizzo
#moleg
.
Top Missouri Republicans have directly linked efforts to make it harder to amend the constitution to a potential initiative restoring abortion rights.
Some acknowledge they expect a majority of voters to restore abortion access. w/
@jonshorman
#moleg
Ahead of a possible fight over abortion rights, the GOP-controlled Missouri Senate approved legislation that would make it harder for voters across the state to pass ballot measures.
#moleg
A MOSERS spokesperson says the Missouri pension system had roughly $1.2 million of exposure to FTX when the crypto company filed for bankruptcy.
#moleg
BREAKING - Judge Lee has ordered a $7 million bond for Alex Murdaugh -- millions more than the state requested.
Murdaugh's conditions include no contact with victims, house arrest at undisclosed location, drug testing, drug/mental health counseling.
New: Missouri Supreme Court rules that state Attorney General Andrew Bailey overstepped his authority when he tried to increase the projected cost of a ballot measure to restore abortion rights.
#moleg
Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher just abruptly ended another press conference after being asked about the ethics investigation he faces.
"I'm shutting this down. You guys don't get it," Plocher told reporters before leaving the room.
#moleg
“Sounds like Andrew Bailey needs to Google what police do instead of making them waste their time explaining to the state’s top lawyer that police handle criminal cases, not civil actions,” said
@LaurenArthurMO
#moleg
.
.
@JohnJRizzo
tied GOP infighting to the failure of key policies in Missouri, such as access to child care services.
“They fight about who likes Donald Trump more or whatever the latest Republican conspiracy theory is and things like that die.”
#moleg
Today is my last day at
@islandpacket
, a place that has felt like home for almost 3 years. I'm moving back to Missouri for an exciting opportunity.
I couldn't have asked for a better experience in the Lowcountry. I'm thankful I got to work with such friendly & talented people.
BREAKING Judge Ellen H. Ribaudo halts Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey's transgender restrictions until May 1.
Ribaudo will then issue a ruling on the temporary restraining order.
#moleg
“I’m disappointed with the disagreements,” said bill sponsor
@SarahUnsicker
. “I think some of the energy to shut down this school is maybe an attempt to save the other schools from having to be regulated.”
#moleg
NEW: Cole County judge rules Missouri AG Andrew Bailey had no authority to inflate the estimated cost of a ballot measure to restore abortion rights.
Bailey has 24 hrs to approve fiscal notes filed by Republican Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick. Story to come.
#moleg
Missouri Rep.
@EricWoods
filed legislation that would ban state agencies from using reproductive health data in investigations.
In '19, former health director testified he kept a spreadsheet tracking periods of women who visited Planned Parenthood.
#moleg
As for my future, I'm headed back to my home state of Missouri for what I consider to be a dream opportunity.
Later this month, I will start covering the statehouse and Missouri politics for the
@KCStar
. It's an important role that I'm extremely excited to dive into.
At status hearing in Eric Greitens’ child custody case, Sheena Greitens’ lawyer says her client received threats after the former Missouri governor’s RINO-hunting ad
#mosen
A censure of
@RepSanderforMO
, a gay Republican lawmaker, failed to get enough votes to pass at a meeting of the Jackson County GOP.
But the county party passed a separate resolution stating that marriage was only valid between a man and a woman.
#moleg
“Missouri now requires people to remain pregnant against their will, treating them as little more than fetal incubators with no rights or role in the decision, even in cases of rape and incest,”says
@crystal_quade
#moleg
Missouri Senate President Pro Tem
@calebrowden
announces that he has removed hard-right Freedom Caucus members from their committee assignments.
Says session so far has been “nothing short of an embarrassment.”
Calls freedom caucus a “small group of swamp creatures.”
#moleg
Update: After a two-day Democratic filibuster, the Missouri Senate adjourned until Monday without taking action on the plan to make it harder to amend the constitution.
#moleg
Patterson says House Republicans this year will no longer pursue a bill that would allow guns on public transit and inside churches and another that would exempt firearms and ammunition from sales taxes.
#moleg
Eric Greitens has been in a closed-door deposition at the Boone County Courthouse for the last three hours.
The deposition stems from Greitens’ child custody case and is related to allegations that he was physically and emotionally abusive to his ex-wife and children.
#mosen
MO Gov. Parson signed into law a bill that bars pharmacists from questioning doctors who prescribe controversial off-label drugs ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine.
Democrats previously said they agreed to the bill to satisfy hard-right senators.
#moleg
Missouri House Minority Leader
@crystal_quade
responded to Plocher's remarks in Jefferson City today:
"To the speaker's comments, 'laws don't fix things,' then what the hell are we doing as lawmakers? Why are we here at all?"
#moleg
Plocher said KC has an ordinance that “should have prevented what happened. Laws alone don’t solve the problem.” He ignored questions about what he was referring to
“We will evaluate the investigation as it unfolds and address that. We're not going to dwell on Kansas City today"
“Now is not the appropriate time to be taking up those bills and therefore they will not be brought up this session," said Missouri House Majority Leader Jonathan Patterson.
#moleg
Statement from Missouri Legislative Black Caucus Chair Marlene Terry after House Republicans added an amendment to the budget cutting K-12 funding for programs/staff “associated with” DEI
#moleg
UPDATE: Just days after
@KCStar
highlighted his story, a man with schizophrenia who was stuck in the Clay County Detention Center for more than a year and a half has been transferred to a mental health hospital.
#moleg
“We have been in contact with the Missouri Highway Patrol and hope that former Gov Greitens finds the help he needs,” says Senate Majority Leader Caleb Rowden.
#moleg
#mosen
We have been in contact with the Missouri Highway Patrol and hope that former Gov Greitens finds the help he needs.
Anyone with multiple accusations of abuse toward women and children should probably steer clear of this rhetoric.
#MOSen
#MOLeg
The Busch family, founders of one of the world’s largest beer companies, has loomed large in Missouri for decades.
A look at the family’s sway — both financial and symbolic — in the U.S. Senate race.
#mosen
BREAKING St. Louis Circuit Court Judge Ellen Ribaudo blocks Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey's transgender care restrictions until May 15.
#moleg
Story coming soon at .
NEW: In '19, a silent 911 call came from the home of former MO Gov Eric Greitens. In a call back he told the operator everything was OK
Sheena Greitens, his ex-wife who has accused him of abuse, says she's concerned by the call
#mosen
#mogov
w/
@jonshorman
.
@deanplocher
ties initiative petition overhaul directly to abortion, says he thinks IP restoring abortion would pass at 50%.
"If the Senate fails to take action on IP reform, I think the Senate should be held accountable for allowing abortion to return to Missouri."
#moleg
“I feel like he saw her and held space for her and she felt that,”
@katsasser
said of
@JoeBiden
meeting with her 11-year-old trans daughter. “It was really overwhelming for her.”
#moleg
“You all know that November is coming and this bill will not matter,” said
@RepKeriIngle
. “Women of this state are going to come in full force and demand their rights back.”
#moleg
House Minority Leader
@crystal_quade
has filed a bill that would repeal Missouri’s ban on abortion.
“Preventing the state from imposing forced pregnancies on unwilling Missourians is a top priority…”
#moleg
NEW: After days of silence, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson tells
@KCStar
that President Joe Biden is politicizing the shooting of Ralph Yarl. Biden called Yarl and invited him to the White House.
#moleg
The
@KCStar
spent four days in deep red southwest Missouri talking with people about the region’s willingness to support progressive policies at the ballot box — and what would happen if that right was taken away.
#moleg
“It’s a shame that it took a tragedy, what happened at the Chiefs parade, for them to scrap those three terrible ideas,” said
@SenGregRazer
. “I’m sure they’ll be back next year."
#moleg
NEW — Between sips of iced tea and hot coffee at a high end Sea Pines Resort restaurant, five top Hilton Head and Beaufort County leaders spoke in secret.
Legal experts say some of the attendees were breaking the law.
The tax cut has been criticized by Dems who say the plan tilts the scale in favor of wealthy Missourians.
“They’re going to brag that they got you a tax cut,” said
@gregrazer
. “It’s not going to buy you an extra value meal at McDonald’s. It won’t.”
#moleg
.
@SenGregRazer
says on the Senate floor he's filing two gun-related bills in response to last week's KC mass shooting in his district.
"At some point we have to say enough is enough, we have to act," said Razer. "I'm tired of juveniles having semi automatic weapons."
#moleg
“There exists no Missouri law allowing the Attorney General to involve himself in a School District’s efforts to manage COVID-19 or other disease within its schools,” a Jackson County judge wrote in a rebuke of Eric Schmitt.
#moleg
.
@Eric_Schmitt
when asked if he’s sending a message to Trump that he’s in a position to win the Senate primary:
“Absolutely. Yeah. I know the President is considering an endorsement. I'd love to have it…”
#mosen
Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker urges MO Gov. Parson not to pardon KC cop convicted of killing Black man.
Eric DeValkenaere’s conviction marked the first time a Kansas City police officer was found guilty in the killing of a Black man.
#moleg
“You know, you have down moments and you have up moments, but I just want to keep being there for all of it,” says Missouri’s
@JasonKander
.
I spoke with Kander about his new book, his struggles with PTSD and whether he still wants a future in politics.
Kansas City officials hope $5 million in federal ARPA money set aside by the Missouri legislature will help bring a new international route to KCI.
The airport has been without a transatlantic flight since Icelandair left in 2020.
#moleg
w/
@kevinmhardy
Sheena Greitens was concerned enough about former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ behavior in 2018 that she gave detailed descriptions of physical and emotional abuse to a marriage therapist and a family lawyer, records show.
w/
@drdesrochers
#mosen
“Career politician Eric Schmitt only seems to want to communicate through frivolous lawsuits and behind podiums in safe spaces like FOX,” said
@JacobLongSTL
. “...It’s really unfortunate – but not surprising – that he was afraid to participate.”
#mosen
“Mike Hamra was registered and voting in Illinois as recently as 2020,” said
@crystal_quade
. “I believe it’s clear that Mike Hamra does not meet the constitutional residency requirement to run for governor of Missouri."
#moleg
#mogov
"Abortion is illegal in the state of Missouri. It is one of the most archaic and mean-spirited, extreme bans in the entire country," said
@LaurenArthurMO
. "No funding, even before that abortion ban, went to fund abortions in our state."
#moleg
“I felt pretty disrespected when I was trying to speak about some trauma that happened to my community,” said
@EricWoods
. “If there was a view that what I was saying was too political, that’s because this issue is political."
#moleg
Missourians have used the ballot box to skirt the GOP-controlled legislature and pass progressive statewide issues like Medicaid & marijuana.
Now, some Dems & abortion rights groups are looking to get an abortion-related measure in front of voters
#moleg
STL doctor Emily Barker performed what was likely the final legal abortion in Missouri before the Supreme Court struck down Roe.
“What if she presented to us just a week or two later? Her story would look really, really different."
#moleg
“Should this legislation pass, thousands of families like mine across the state will seriously consider leaving" -
@PROMOMissouri
Katy Erker-Lynch “I think that’s exactly what this bill intends. To instill fear. To censor. To have a chilling effect"
#moleg
Rothert compares Bailey's medical restrictions to Frankenstein, taking scraps of out-of-context quotes and non-peer reviewed articles to make his rule.
"This rule is a monster. It’s terrifying thousands of Missourians today and will cause serious harm, potentially even death."
Voters are overwhelmingly supporting an amendment requiring KC to spend more on police. KC voters, however, are rejecting it.
It illustrates a statewide electorate more conservative and less diverse than KC deciding a measure that only affects KC.
#moleg
NEW: Roughly 20 of Mizzou's 150 graduate-level programs use race as part of admissions
“We will be stopping all race-based admissions and race-based scholarships moving forward,” said UM Pres Choi. The university will continue to honor current scholarships w/racial components.
“Missouri institutions must identify all policies that give preference to individuals on the basis of race and immediately halt the implementation of such policies,”
@AGAndrewBailey
wrote to a slew of MO colleges, local govs, including Mizzou.
#moleg
President Joe Biden called on all governors to pardon marijuana offenses.
Will the Missouri and Kansas governors listen?
w/
@KatieJ_Bernard
#moleg
#ksleg