The Final Weeks of the 2025 Session
David Stokes, Elias Tsapelas, and Avery Frank join Zach Lawhorn to discuss: the final stretch of Missouri’s legislative session, including debates over education funding, Medicaid spending, and the state’s overall budget growth. They discuss proposed education reforms, reading instruction standards, and open enrollment. The conversation also covers late-session legislative dealmaking, concerns over tax credit expansions, the pause of St. Louis’s transit project, new land bank plans in St. Louis County, and developments in telemedicine and electricity market reforms.
Timestamps
00:00 Budget Week: The Countdown Begins
02:57 Legislative Priorities: Education and Medicaid
06:00 Senate Bill 10: A Mixed Bag of Economic Development
09:03 House Bill 660: Local Tax Reforms
11:49 Education Legislation: Open Enrollment and Safety Measures
15:11 Land Banks: A Controversial Expansion
17:58 Telemedicine and Energy Policy: Future Prospects
20:49 Final Thoughts: Legislative Outlook and Community Impact
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