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Last week, I asked the spokespersons for all four state legislative caucus leaders if they considered the spring sessionâs COVID protocols in their respective chambers to be a success. I didnât think Iâd get much in the way of a newsworthy response, but I actually did.
Jaclyn Driscoll was a Missouri Statehouse reporter before she was hired as House Speaker Chris Welchâs spokesperson this spring. Driscoll also covered the Illinois Statehouse before moving to Missouri.
Driscoll said there was no mask mandate in the Republican-controlled Missouri legislature during the pandemic and she was infected.