The governor’s special session is an election season ploy to change the subject after suddenly discovering that eliminating Missourians’ reproductive rights isn’t the winning issue Republicans thought it would be. It is also a textbook example of fiscal irresponsibility.

1/5 A cardinal rule of responsible budgeting is don't use temporary revenue to take on permanent expenses. Yet the governor's plan uses a temporary budget surplus as cover for a permanent loss of revenue that will put Missouri government back into...

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On Jan 6, as rioters stormed our capitol, I was being sworn in for my third term in the General Assembly, and my second as Democratic Floor Leader.
The day was full of pomp and circumstance. Lots of speeches and tradition. In the middle of it all, a colleague came to me on the floor with their phone to show me what was happening in DC. As it progressed, more phones were out, people were distracted. Members started coming to me asking if we should leave. Were we safe?

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Today, I was contacted because there are no foster placements to put some of Missouri's children who were taken out of the home due to abuse and/or neglect. For the past few months, when no beds are available, our hospitals have stepped in...

1/5 putting children in hospital rooms until a foster home opens. Now, due to 📈 rates of COVID, that is no longer an option. Our residential homes are on lockdown and quarantining. So tonight, some Children's Division employees are going to stay the night in their offices
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"It's important that Missourians and folks around the whole country are not in a state of panic. In terms of our state legislature, we need to start... being more proactive."
HOUSE DEM CAUCUS COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS POLICY RESPONSE
-- Request the governor call a state of emergency under Article IV, Section 27a, so that the General Assembly can access the Budget Reserve Fund to for the emergency resources necessary to respond to this public health crisis