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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
Private funds paying for Missouri’s trade mission to UK, Ireland

(The Center Square) – Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Parson’s trade mission next week to the United Kingdom and Ireland will be funded by a nonprofit organization. The Hawthorn Foundation, operating… Read More

March 10, 2022
National, State Government
Tax Foundation gives Missouri favorable ratings in corporate tax competitiveness

(The Center Square) – A report from the Tax Foundation finds Missouri’s tax rate for businesses to be among the lowest in the nation, but the state can still improve… Read More

March 8, 2022
National, State Government
Bill would prohibit Missourians from doing business with Russia

(The Center Square) – Private and public entities receiving taxpayer funds in Missouri will be prohibited from entering contracts with Russia under a proposed bill introduced Tuesday in the House… Read More

March 4, 2022
State Government
Missouri’s public retirement systems asked to divest of Russian investments

(The Center Square) – Missouri Republican Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick on Tuesday requested an emergency meeting of the Missouri State Employees’ Retirement System’s (MOSERS) Board of Trustees to prevent the… Read More

March 3, 2022
State Government
Bill would tie Missouri’s higher education funding to graduate earnings

(The Center Square) – The Missouri Legislature would use a scoring system based on the earnings of graduates to allocate funding for higher education under a proposed bill. Read More

March 2, 2022