A streambank stabilization project in southern Callaway County supported by Missouri’s one-tenth cent sales tax for parks and soil and water conservation. (Submitted photo)

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Rudi Keller covers the state budget and the legislature. A graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, he spent 22 of his 32 years in journalism covering Missouri government and politics...