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Joe Mueller

Joe Mueller covers Missouri for The Center Square. After seven years of reporting for daily newspapers in Illinois and Missouri, he spent the next 30 years in public relations serving non-profit…

Missouri
Two Missouri Veterans Affairs employees charged in COVID loan fraud scheme

(The Center Square) – Two Missouri men, one a current employee and the other a former employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs, pleaded not guilty to charges of fraudulently… Read More

September 13, 2024
Abortion, Missouri
Missouri Supreme Court puts abortion amendment back on November ballot

(The Center Square) – The Missouri Supreme Court reversed a circuit court ruling and ordered Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft to put Amendment 3, an abortion rights initiative, on… Read More

September 11, 2024
Missouri
Jackson County sues State Tax Commission for order on 2023 property tax rollback

(The Center Square) – Jackson County leaders filed a lawsuit to overturn the Missouri State Tax Commission’s order to roll back 2023 property tax assessment values. Assessor Gail McCann Beatty,… Read More

September 9, 2024
Missouri
Missouri Highway Patrol reports 11% of school buses failed safety inspection

(The Center Square) – Before children started riding buses to school this week for the first days of classes, the Missouri State Highway Patrol revealed approximately 11% of buses failed… Read More

August 22, 2024
Missouri
University of Missouri research spending doubles in 10 years to $462M, ranks 70th

(The Center Square) – As parents make tuition payments to Missouri’s universities, they might wonder about their taxes paying for multi-story laboratory buildings and salaries of researchers. Earlier this year,… Read More

August 21, 2024