Missouri's Governor Still Insists Reporter Is A Hacker, Even As Prosecutors Decline To Press Charges

Last autumn, you may recall, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch published an article revealing that the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) was leaking the Social Security numbers of teachers and administrators, past and...

Missouri governor is calling for criminal charges against a journalist who found social security numbers exposed on a public website

Republican Gov. Mike Parson labeled the reporter a "hacker" and demanded an investigation - which cyber experts say makes no sense.

Governor looks to target Missouri Sunshine Law during legislative session • Missouri Independent

Amending Missouri's open records law to allow government to withhold more records from the public is among Gov. Mike Parson's priorities.

The Governor Who Thinks Examining HTML Is Criminal Hacking Is Now Working To Make Missouri's Public Records Laws Worse

Missouri Governor Mike Parson is perhaps best known these days for trying to convert a right-click menu option into criminal hacking with his relentless (and relentlessly uninformed) desire to turn the people who exposed a security flaw in the...

Missouri Governor Mike Parson Tries to Stick it Where the Sun Don't Shine

"Frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me," Missouri congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver said in an 1899 speech: "I am from Missouri. You have

The governor of Missouri still doesn’t know how websites work

According to him looking at website source code is a crime

Missouri Governor Still Expects Journalists To Be Prosecuted For Showing How His Admin Leaked Teacher Social Security Numbers

Missouri Governor Mike Parson is nothing if not consistent in his desire to stifle free speech. As you'll recall, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch discovered that the state's Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) website was...

Missouri Governor Still Lying About Reporters Who Uncovered Ridiculous Bad State Computer Security; Still Insists They Were Hackers

Missouri Governor Mike Parson is nothing if not committed to shamelessly lying. As you'll recall, after journalists from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ethically informed the state that the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)...

Missouri Organizers Begin Signature Drive for Ballot Measure to Legalize Pot

A measure to legalize medicinal cannabis passed in the state with the support of 66 percent of voters.

'Unconscionable': Missouri Accused of Burying Analysis Showing Mask Mandates Save Lives

A Missouri health department analysis showing that mask mandates save lives was only made available this week due to a public records request by The Missouri Independent and the Documenting Covid-19 Project.

Kevin Strickland exonerated after 42 years in Missouri prison

Kevin Strickland was arrested at age 18 and convicted of a triple murder he did not commit.

Podcast: Missouri Hasn't Really Learned Its Lesson [Ep.305]

We've got a crossposted episode for you this week: Mike recently joined The Cato Daily Podcast with Caleb O. Brown for a discussion about the "hacking" fiasco in Missouri and the state's treatment of the journalists who exposed its...

Missouri Admits It Fucked Up In Exposing Teacher Data, Offers Apology To Teachers -- But Not To Journalists It Falsely Accused Of Hacking

As you'll recall, last month, journalists for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch revealed that the state's Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) website was exposing teacher and administrator social security numbers in the HTML...

Missouri Governor Doubles Down On 'View Source' Hacking Claim; PAC Now Fundraising Over This Bizarrely Stupid Claim

Hey Missouri: stop electing technically illiterate dipshits. First you had Claire McCaskill, one of the key sponsors of FOSTA (who is still defending it years later). You got rid of her, but replaced her with Josh Hawley, who seems to think his...