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- 2023 - The Year of the “Self Own” (10)
- Elon: https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/musk-fair-trial-california-texas-96289154
- McCarthy (idiot)
- Big Tech (over hiring during the pandemic because they really thought we were going to spend the rest of our lives glued to our screens)
- Zuck and the Metaverse is more like a meta-fail
- SBF’s stupidly posing for the cameras; the utterly avoidable Coinbase fine; no one told these people to break the fucking existing laws
- Trumpism: No one is paying attention to the slow leak in the tire, least of all him
- #MOLEG 2023 has begun but 2024 is already heating up (8)
- Prefiling topics likely to come up - often leftovers from last cycle
- https://www.newstribune.com/news/2022/dec/04/local-lawmakers-pre-file-priority-legislation/
- https://themissouritimes.com/what-is-senate-pre-filing-the-ins-and-outs-of-the-legislative-process/
- Combined About 725 pieces of legislation were prefiled
- Nice breakdown from Missouri Bar website with updates
- https://news.mobar.org/legislative-update-bill-pre-filing-begins-for-2023-legislative-session/
- https://news.mobar.org/legislative-update-102nd-general-assembly-convenes/
- The HOUSE
- Bring back Presidential primary, which was changed
- Some bills about the court system which are mostly process oriented
- Bill on expanding efforts in support of veterans care, particularly help with care for suicidal vets
- Increase fentanyl penalties
- Allow more mobile and in home services for cosmetologists - surprisingly strict rules on that stuff
- The SENATE
- Ag tax credits that was vetoed last year
- Make juvenile murder sentences longer
- Lower unemployment based on the unemployment rates
- Expanding broadband access
- Allow for licenses counselors in members states to work in MO
- Exempt child care facilities from property and real estate taxes
- https://missouriindependent.com/briefs/stephen-webber-launches-campaign-for-missouri-senate-seat-in-boone-county/
- Sen. Cindy O’laughlin, who previously blew off an interview with the HP now is GOP state senate majority leader
- https://missouriindependent.com/2023/01/09/she-doesnt-have-a-tribe-cindy-olaughlins-new-role-tests-ability-to-bridge-factions/
- Special Grand Jury in Georgia has concluded (8)
- Typically when a grand jury functions it can issue an indictment - in Georgia the rules are different so the GJ just issues a report with findings, think of it like the Mueller report as its function simply gives the information to the prosecutor for action
- https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/09/politics/fulton-county-grand-jury-trump-election/index.html
- https://www.axios.com/2023/01/09/grand-jury-trump-fulton
- Hearing on Jan 24th for lawyers and news outlets to argue whether the report should be kept secret or released
- A court filing says that the grand jury voted to recommend that its report be published.
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