State Rep. Hannah Kelly, R-Mountain View, speaks during House debate in early March (Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications). Days after ending an investigation into Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher, the Republican who led that inquiry has recused herself from the committee as it prepares to discuss a new complaint. According to a letter to legislative staff […]
Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher and his allies complained for weeks that the ethics investigation into his alleged misconduct was dragging out unnecessarily. As it turns out, the biggest reason for the delay may have been Dean Plocher himself. The Republican from Des Peres for three months allegedly refused to speak to an attorney hired […]
The top Missouri House Republican overseeing internal spending in the chamber on Wednesday suggested an ethics investigation into the House speaker may be politically motivated, a day after both officials testified behind closed doors. Rep. Dale Wright, a Farmington Republican who chairs the House Administration and Accounts Committee, met privately with the House Ethics Committee […]
Embattled Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher testified in front of the House Ethics Committee for more than an hour and half on Tuesday as the committee investigates a complaint of ethical misconduct connected to the top Republican. The committee of five Republicans and five Democrats has been investigating Plocher, a St. Louis area Republican, behind […]
Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher on Monday shut down a Democratic lawmaker’s speech about the weekend shooting at North Kansas City High School after the lawmaker began to talk about lax gun laws. The dust up between Plocher, a St. Louis-area Republican, and Rep. Eric Woods, a Kansas City Democrat, comes as Missouri Republicans have […]