Right, good question. The new Missouri law expressly limits the number of emergency orders an executive official can issue to only one every 6 months. So any order that is made outside of this single one allowed to the executive must initiate from the local legislature. Sure, local legislatures can still make their own orders and extend them indefinitely. But at least that ensures accountability by the elected body of local law makers. That is how the system is supposed to work, unless you want to go the route of Florida and Texas and outlaw ANY local discretion, legislative or otherwise. I'm not saying that there aren't good arguments for doing so, but Missouri throughout the pseudo-pandemic has charted a different course of local autonomy for the state's subdivisions.

As far as how long a local legislature can extend an executive order, the law does not provide a limit. So, KC and Jackson County, STL and St. Louis County, are still vulnerable to their local legislatures either making their own orders, or indefinitely extending an order original made by the executive. BUT, the good news is that KC and JC both ended their mandates earlier than scheduled, and STL County at the outset voted down its executive's order, with 2 Democrats voting against it. STL City is screwed, I guess, but that's been true since the 50's. Who can help STL? At least it doesn't grow anymore, so the rest of the state can keep its largest urban center in check. The only other blue county in the state is Boone, because it contains the campus town of Columbia. Columbia held a vote in the summer for a renewed mask mandate, but it got voted down by a lot.

Right, good question. The new Missouri law expressly limits the number of emergency orders an executive official can issue to only one every 6 months. So any order that is made outside of this single one allowed to the executive must initiate from the local legislature. Sure, local legislatures can still make their own orders and extend them indefinitely. But at least that ensures accountability by the elected body of local law makers. That is how the system is supposed to work, unless you want to go the route of Florida and Texas and outlaw ANY local discretion, legislative or otherwise. I'm not saying that there aren't good arguments for doing so, but Missouri throughout the pseudo-pandemic has charted a different course of local autonomy for the state's subdivisions.

As far as how long a local legislature can extend an executive order, the law does not provide a limit. So, KC and Jackson County, STL and St. Louis County, are still vulnerable to their local legislatures either making their own orders, or indefinitely extending an order original made by the executive. BUT, the good news is that KC and JC both ended their mandates earlier than scheduled, and STL County voted down its executive's order originally, with 2 Democrats voting against it. STL City is screwed, I guess, but that's been true since the 50's. Who can help STL? At least it doesn't grow anymore, so the rest of the state can keep its largest urban center in check. The only other blue county in the state is Boone, that contains the city of Columbia. Columbia held a vote in the summer for a renewed mask mandate, but it got voted down by a lot.

Right, good question. The new Missouri law expressly limits the number of emergency orders an executive official can issue to only one every 6 months. So any order that is made outside of this single one allowed to the executive must initiate from the local legislature. Sure, local legislatures can still make their own orders and extend them indefinitely. But at least that ensures accountability by the elected body of local law makers. That is how the system is supposed to work, unless you want to go the route of Florida and Texas and outlaw ANY local discretion, legislative or otherwise. I'm not saying that there aren't good arguments for doing so, but Missouri throughout the pseudo-pandemic has charted a different course of local autonomy for the state's subdivisions.

As far as how long a local legislature can extend an executive order, the law does not provide a limit. So, KC and Jackson County, STL and St. Louis County, are still vulnerable to their local legislatures. BUT, the good news is that KC and JC both ended their mandates earlier than scheduled, and STL County voted down its executive's order originally, with 2 Democrats voting against it. STL City is screwed, I guess, but that's been true since the 50's. Who can help STL? At least it doesn't grow anymore, so the rest of the state can keep its largest urban center in check. The only other blue county in the state is Boone, that contains the city of Columbia. Columbia held a vote in the summer for a renewed mask mandate, but it got voted down by a lot.

Right, good question. The new Missouri law expressly limits the number of emergency orders an executive official can issue to only one every 6 months. So any order that is made outside of this single one allowed to the executive must initiate from the local legislature. Sure, local legislatures can still make their own orders and extend them indefinitely. But at least that ensures accountability by the elected body of local law makers. That is how the system is supposed to work, unless you want to go the way of Florida or Texas and outlaw ANY local discretion. I'm not saying that there aren't good arguments for doing so, but Missouri throughout the pseudo-pandemic has charted a different course of local autonomy within the state's subdivisions.

As far as how long a local legislature can extend an executive order, the law does not provide a limit. So, KC and Jackson County, STL and St. Louis County, are still vulnerable to their local legislatures. BUT, the good news is that KC and JC both ended their mandates earlier than scheduled, and STL County voted down its executive's order originally, with 2 Democrats voting against it. STL City is screwed, I guess, but that's been true since the 50's. Who can help STL? At least it doesn't grow anymore, so the rest of the state can keep its largest urban center in check. The only other blue county in the state is Boone, that contains the city of Columbia. Columbia held a vote in the summer for a renewed mask mandate, but it got voted down by a lot.

Right, good question. The new Missouri law expressly limits the number of emergency orders an executive official can issue to only one every 6 months. So any order that is made outside of this single one allowed to the executive must initiate from the local legislature. As far as how long a local legislature can extend an executive order, the law does not provide a limit. So, KC and Jackson County, STL and St. Louis County, are still vulnerable to their local legislatures. BUT, the good news is that KC and JC both ended their mandates earlier than scheduled, and STL County voted down its executive's order originally, with 2 Democrats voting against it. STL City is screwed, I guess, but that's been true since the 50's. Who can help STL? At least it doesn't grow anymore, so the rest of the state can keep its largest urban center in check. The only other blue county in the state is Boone, that contains the city of Columbia. Columbia held a vote in the summer for a renewed mask mandate, but it got voted down by a lot.

Right, good question. The new Missouri law expressly limits the number of emergency orders an executive official can issue to only one every 6 months. As far as how long a local legislature can extend such orders, the law does not provide a limit. So, KC and Jackson County, STL and St. Louis County, are still vulnerable to their local legislatures. BUT, the good news is that KC and JC both ended their mandates earlier than scheduled, and STL County voted down its executive's order originally, with 2 Democrats voting against it. STL City is screwed, I guess, but that's been true since the 50's. Who can help STL? At least it doesn't grow anymore, so the rest of the state can keep its largest urban center in check. The only other blue county in the state is Boone, that contains the city of Columbia. Columbia held a vote in the summer for a renewed mask mandate, but it got voted down by a lot.