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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 governor considering unemployment benefits for those fired for refusing federally mandated COVID-19 vaccinations

(The Center Square) – If a worker is fired for not getting a federally mandated COVID-19 vaccination, Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Parson wants to help them. “You see what Iowa… Read More

November 12, 2021
National, State Government
Missouri attorney general files third lawsuit to stop federal vaccination mandates

(The Center Square) – Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is leading a third multi-state coalition in a lawsuit against a federal COVID-19 vaccination mandates, this time for health care workers… Read More

November 11, 2021
State Government
Spire warns of natural gas outages after courts side with environmentalists on pipeline

(The Center Square) – As overnight temperatures dropped below freezing last week, natural gas utility company Spire Energy informed about 650,000 customers in eastern Missouri of possible outages this winter. Read More

November 9, 2021
National, State Government
Missouri’s Schmitt, Nebraska’s Peterson join eight states in lawsuit against Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors

(The Center Square) – Republican Attorneys General Eric Schmitt of Missouri and Doug Peterson of Nebraska are leading eight additional states in a lawsuit against President Joe Biden and his… Read More

November 1, 2021
State Government
Parson issues executive order on federal vaccine mandate to protect an individual’s religious objection, medical restriction

(The Center Square) – Republican Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday issued an executive order prohibiting Missouri's executive branch from compelling or penalizing anyone to comply with any federal mandates for… Read More

October 29, 2021