Matt Hodapp
Producer, Statehouse Blend Kansas, Statehouse Blend Missouri and Midwesternish-
Last year the Kansas Supreme Court ruled the state wasn't adequately funding its public schools. What the justices didn’t say was how much more money…
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Ever since Congress passed major changes to U.S. tax policy, Missouri leaders have been mulling their own changes to the state tax code that might leave…
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Are Kansas’ strict voter registration laws necessary protections against fraud, or are they a nakedly political attempt to disenfranchise certain voters?…
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Are Kansas’ strict voter registration laws necessary protections against fraud, or are they a nakedly political attempt to disenfranchise certain voters?…
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In the weeks since the shooting at a Parkland, Florida high school, student activists and others have taken to the streets in an effort to spur policy…
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Missouri's last impeachment proceeding was in 1994, and it's never happened with a governor. That could change this year as a House committee begins an…
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Statewide criminal registries took off in the 1990s, fueled by crimes against children and a desire to alert people to the presence of sex offenders in…
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Statewide criminal registries took off in the 1990s, fueled by crimes against children and a desire to alert people to the presence of sex offenders in…
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In these politically divided times, one topic with bipartisan agreement in this year's Missouri legislative session is the need for investing more in…
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On Thursday, a St. Louis grand jury indicted Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens on a felony charge of invasion of privacy. The Republican is accused of taking a…