Yokley will hit a pause button on the PoliticMo website to focus on U.S. House and Senate races
After five years in Missouri, Eli Yokley to cover politics for Roll Call in Washington, D.C.
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Since last Memorial Day, one Missouri serviceman killed overseas
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Matthew H. Walker was fatally wounded in Afghanistan when his unit was hit by an enemy rocket grenade.
Eli Yokley talks to The Allman Report about the final weeks of the legislature
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Yokley spoke with Jamie Allman about the final weeks of legislative session, including the Rams stadium debate and the governor’s race.
Missouri state senator among crowd of Ferguson protestors facing tear gas Monday night
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As police began to push back a crowd of angry protestors in Ferguson Monday night, Missouri State Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal – whose district includes the township – was there among them. “It’s getting rowdy and it’s not even dark yet,” the…
In Southwest Missouri, church attempts to recruit young men by giving away AR-15
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JOPLIN, Mo. — Some churches give away televisions or vacations. Others sell homemade pies and quilts. And some raffle off semiautomatic rifles. Ignite Church went with the last option. On Father’s Day, June 15, the church at 710 S. Maiden…
Missouri House lets the Eagle soar
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – As former U.S. Attorney General and Missouri Governor John Ashcroft might have sung, leven-year old Clark the Eagle soared over the Missouri House chamber Wednesday morning.
This year is the seventh anniversary of the bald eagle, the official bird of the United States of America, being taken off the endangered species list.
Eli Yokley joins KTRS to talk tax cut, final month of legislative session
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– PoliticMo’s Eli Yokley joined Cordell Whitlock on KTRS to talk about the legislature’s latest tax cut and the final weeks of this year’s legislative session.
Koster calls legislative term limits a “tragedy” for Missouri
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Attorney General Chris Koster said Saturday that legislative term-limits have been “tragedy” and a “disservice” to Missouri.
PoliticMo joins St. Louis Public Radio, Missouri Torch to discuss legislative halftime on Missouri Viewpoints
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ST. CHARLES, Mo. – PoliticMo’s Eli Yokley joined Jo Mannies of St. Louis Public Radio and Duane Lester of The Missouri Torch on this week’s episode of Missouri Viewpoints to explore the first half of this year’s legislative session and…
“Tweet tweet!” and other first #MOLeg tweets
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It is Twitter’s eighth birthday. A look at some first-tweets from #MOLeg’s past.