Statehouse Blend Missouri

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Statehouse Blend Missouri

Statehouse Blend Missouri is an insider look at Missouri politics and government. Each week, host Brian Ellison welcomes Missouri legislators, advocates, experts and analysts to the podcast to talk policy and politics and to offer a glimpse into the workings of the General Assembly. We also round up the latest news from Jefferson City.

  1. 01/08/2020

    Guns, Gambling And The Gas Tax: Previewing The 2020 Missouri Legislative Session

    The 2020 session of the Missouri General Assembly, which convenes Wednesday, promises the usual array of legislative wrangling and partisan bickering — all with an election looming in November. In this episode of Statehouse Blend Missouri, we bring you a preview, which first aired on KCUR's Up to Date on Jan. 6. Host Steve Kraske spoke with Brian Hauswirth, news director of Missourinet, and Jaclyn Driscoll, the statehouse reporter for St. Louis Public Radio.

    24 min

  2. 05/21/2019

    The 2019 Missouri Legislative Session Recap: GOP Wins Big On Abortion, Economic Development

    In this very special episode of KCUR’s Statehouse Blend Missouri podcast, we joined forces with St. Louis Public Radio’s Politically Speaking podcast to round up the 2019 session of the Missouri General Assembly.

    36 min

  3. 04/17/2019

    Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway Discusses The State Budget, Putnam County Hospitals

    Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway ’s been busy, looking into Clay County’s finances, the attorney general’s office and raising questions about the state’s tax revenues and budget issues. She sat down with KCUR's Samuel King on April 15 (Tax Day) to discuss all of these things, as well as what it’s like to be the only Democrat holding a statewide office. Subscribe to Statehouse Blend Missouri: iTunes , Google Play , and on the NPRone app .

    14 min

  4. 04/04/2019

    Missouri Rep. Robert Sauls On Changing Criminal Justice Laws

    Before getting into the Missouri House, Democrat Robert Sauls was a prosecutor, a public defender and a military lawyer. Perhaps it's no surprise, then, that he has focused on criminal justice reform in his first term, cosponsoring bills that seek to change sentencing laws and create special veterans treatment courts. Sauls spoke with Statehouse Blend Missouri host Brian Ellison about life as a newbie legislator, and where he thinks the state budget, which is advancing through the General

    25 min

  5. 03/06/2019

    Freshman State Rep. Ashley Bland Manlove On The Budget, LGBTQ Issues

    Missouri state Rep. Ashley Bland Manlove is the granddaughter and niece of state lawmakers, but she’s already making her own mark two months into her first term.

    23 min

  6. 02/07/2019

    Will Sports Betting Be Missouri's Answer To Shrinking Revenue?

    Missouri's budget director announced this week that revenues are down 7 percent compared to last year. While that may change as more people file their taxes, lawmakers are looking for new ways to bring in money while faced with tax cuts they instituted on top of growing expenses for health care, infrastructure and education.

    31 min

  7. 01/24/2019

    Missouri Sen. Dan Hegeman On The 2019 State Budget, Transportation Funding

    Missouri Republicans have a firm grip on the state legislature, but among the party’s leadership roles, only one is filled by someone near Kansas City.

    28 min

  8. 01/09/2019

    Statehouse Blend Missouri: Rep. DaRon McGee On The 2019 Legislative Session

    The Missouri General Assembly convenes this week and Republicans are still in charge, with supermajorities largely unaffected by the 2018 election. They’re united with Gov. Mike Parson, who's a decidedly less controversial leader than predecessor Eric Greitens, who resigned in June.

    21 min
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Statehouse Blend Missouri is an insider look at Missouri politics and government. Each week, host Brian Ellison welcomes Missouri legislators, advocates, experts and analysts to the podcast to talk policy and politics and to offer a glimpse into the workings of the General Assembly. We also round up the latest news from Jefferson City.

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