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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…

State Government
Missouri’s recreational cannabis would have one of the nation’s lowest tax rates

(The Center Square) – Missouri would have one of the nation’s lowest tax rates on recreational marijuana under two pieces of legislation being debated in the House of Representatives. Read More

April 8, 2022
State Government
$5.5 million program clears backlog of untested sexual assault kits in Missouri

(The Center Square) – Missouri Republican Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today the completion of a $5.5 million program clearing a backlog of 3,298 untested, reported sexual assault kits… Read More

April 5, 2022
State Government
Missouri could soon abolish tax on Social Security benefits

(The Center Square) – Missouri taxpayers wouldn’t pay state taxes on public pensions and Social Security benefits under a bill in the Legislature. House Bill… Read More

April 1, 2022
State Government
Parson declares COVID pandemic over in Missouri, endemic begins Friday

(The Center Square) – Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Parson announced during a press conference on Wednesday the COVID-19 pandemic was over and the state will begin an endemic phase on… Read More

March 31, 2022
State Government
Missouri state and local officials make requirements for electric vehicle charging stations more realistic

(The Center Square) – A week after the St. Louis County Council moved to amend an ordinance requiring electric vehicle charging stations, a legislator sponsoring a bill to force… Read More

March 30, 2022