Phill Brooks, Author at Missouri Independent

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Phill Brooks has been a Missouri statehouse reporter since 1970, making him dean of the statehouse press corps. He is the statehouse correspondent for KMOX Radio, director of MDN and an emeritus faculty member of the Missouri School of Journalism. He has covered every governor since the late Warren Hearnes.

The Missouri House floor for the 2019 State of the State address.

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Capitol Perspectives: Punishment of legislators

Phill Brooks - February 19, 2021

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Capitol Perspectives: Legislative independence

Phill Brooks - February 5, 2021

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Capitol Perspectives: An invasion of the U.S. Capitol

Phill Brooks - January 18, 2021

Exterior Missouri State Capitol building

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Capitol Perspectives: A time for setting legislative priorities

Phill Brooks - January 4, 2021

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Capitol Perspectives: Teach your children well

Phill Brooks - December 17, 2020

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Capitol Perspectives: I live in my district

Phill Brooks - December 4, 2020

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Capitol Perspectives: What’s next?

Phill Brooks - November 24, 2020

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Capitol Perspectives: Election night reporting history

Phill Brooks - November 5, 2020

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Capitol Perspectives: Further reflections on Gov. Mel Carnahan’s death

Phill Brooks - October 30, 2020

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Capitol Perspectives: The better angels of our nature

Phill Brooks - October 23, 2020

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Missouri teachers, childcare workers eligible for COVID vaccine by mid-March

Health Care February 25, 2021

Game-changing one-dose vaccine could be in states’ hands shortly

Health Care February 25, 2021

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In Missouri’s pandemic response, the buck stops nowhere

Commentary February 25, 2021

Who defines the Missouri GOP — Roy Blunt, Josh Hawley… or...

Commentary February 24, 2021

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U.S. Senate panel calls on governors, mayor to talk big new infrastructure package

Economy Daniel C. Vock - February 25, 2021

U.S. Senate confirms Vilsack for a second stint as Agriculture secretary

Economy Ariana Figueroa - February 23, 2021

Feds ship out COVID-19 vaccines delayed by winter storms

Health Care Laura Olson - February 23, 2021

Biden pick for Interior secretary likely to face rocky confirmation hearing

Energy + Environment Jacob Fischler - February 22, 2021

Winter storms delay shipments of 6 million COVID-19 vaccine doses nationwide

Health Care Laura Olson - February 19, 2021

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Rebecca Rivas @Rebeccarivas·

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The @H4ASTL Mayoral forum, dedicated completely to the issue of the looming eviction crisis and housing, is underway now.

Link: https://t.co/1OPWXVpc9T

Homes For All - St Louis@H4ASTL

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#HousingIsAHumanRight #STL

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Jason Hancock@J_Hancock·

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. @GovParsonMO bristled at claims that St. Louis and Kansas City aren't receiving their fair share of vaccine doses, and stressed mass vaccination events in more rural areas are open to all residents in the region.

https://t.co/fKkqj78nQz #moleg #mogov

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Tessa Weinberg@Tessa_Weinberg·

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Missouri teachers, childcare providers and more will be eligible for a vaccine starting March 15.

Hours before @GovParsonMO's announcement, local health officials expressed concern that opening up the entirety of Tier 3 at once may be too chaotic. https://t.co/TdOrEqvAea #MoLeg

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Jason Hancock@J_Hancock·

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. @GovParsonMO's announcement came hours after local public health officials expressed concern that opening up the entirety of Tier 3 at once may be too chaotic.

They suggested certain groups be prioritized to provide vaccinators w/some direction.

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Jason Hancock@J_Hancock·

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More than 3M people fall under Missouri’s current tiers. The activation of Tier 3 of Phase 1B will add an estimated 550K eligible residents.

According to the state’s dashboard, 756,334 Missourians have received at least the first vaccine dose.

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Jason Hancock@J_Hancock·

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Teachers, childcare providers, employees of food processing plants and other critical infrastructure workers will be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine starting March 15, @GovParsonMO announced Thursday.

https://t.co/fKkqj78nQz via @Tessa_Weinberg #moleg #mogov

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