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Deep Background: The strangest Jeff City legislative session in years amid COVID-19

As the coronavirus pandemic swept through the country, Missouri lawmakers curtailed their session to avoid large groups. This time, though, things got pretty wild - and the General Assembly set its sights on reversing the Clean Missouri redistricting and ethics reform initiative that voters approved by 2-to-1 in 2018. The Star’s Jefferson City correspondent Crystal Thomas joins Dave Helling and Derek Donovan on today’s podcast.

This story was originally published May 20, 2020 at 11:18 PM.

Dave Helling
Opinion Contributor,
The Kansas City Star
Dave Helling has covered politics in Kansas and Missouri for four decades. He has worked in television news, and is a regular contributor to local broadcast programs. Helling writes editorials and columns for the Star, and is the co-host of the weekly “4Star Politics” show. He was awarded the 2018 ASNE Burl Osborne award for editorial leadership.
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