A southeast Missouri congressman is in line to chair the powerful House Budget Committee, if Republicans take control of the chamber after the 2022 elections. U.S. Rep. Jason Smith (R-Salem) tells “Wake Up Columbia” that he hasn’t made a decision yet on whether he’ll run for re-election, or if he’ll seek the GOP Senate nomination. …
Missouri’s attorney general praises federal judge’s ruling on vaccine mandate for health care workers
A federal judge in St. Louis has issued a ruling that blocks the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate on health care workers in ten states. Attorney General Eric Schmitt (R) praises the ruling, noting that Missouri was the first state to file suit against the vaccine mandate on healthcare workers. “And the court noted that the mandate …