Last fall, the Republican governor of Missouri, Mike Parson, asked law enforcement to pursue charges against a local reporter in Missouri, because that reporter reported accurately on a security flaw in the state computer systems.
Mike Parson
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Mike L. Lynn Parson is the 57th Governor of Missouri, having taken office on June 1, 2018. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the Lieutenant Governor of Missouri from January 2017 to June 2018 and was a State Senator from 2011 to 2017. Parson has a background in law enforcement and agriculture, which has influenced his policy positions and governance style. As governor, he has focused on issues such as economic development, education, and public safety.
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I believe it is this Committee's job to create an environment for small business owners to succeed. That is the key.
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The Republican attorney general delayed a hearing on the case twice, maintaining Strickland was guilty.
Parson told reporters that Strickland`s circumstances didn`t necessarily make it a priority to jump in front of the line.
Missouri voters also voted by a large margin to get health insurance to hundreds of thousand of people in Missouri who currently don’t have it.
We’re in the process of kind of going through that now and the state will, for the most part, probably fulfill the request.
Vaccination continues to be the best method for COVID-19 prevention, we encourage anyone age 12 and up to get vaccinated to help protect themselves and those around them.
I don’t know that that necessarily makes it a priority to jump in front of the line or anything like that.





