If you thought things would soon simmer down in the Missouri legislature (specifically, the Senate) following the shining of a national spotlight on the internecine warfare being waged by and between the Republican supermajority, you thought wrong.
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After tensions boiled over between members of the conservative Freedom Caucus and Senate leadership, with leadership stripping caucus members of their committee chairmanships and parking spots, they continued to ratchet up. Last Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Cindy O’Loughlin suggested fellow Republican Bill Eigel should be expelled from the Senate — and when pressed on the matter, confirmed she would “absolutely” vote to remove him.
Speaking to the assembled editors and publishers from the Missouri Press Association during…
