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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson gives his State of the State address on Wednesday in the Senate chamber of the Missouri State Capitol Building in Jefferson City.
Gov. Mike Parson used his first State of the State address since being overwhelmingly elected to a four-year term to double down on his top priorities of his first years in office improving job training and state transportation.
Gov. Mike Parson used his first State of the State address since being overwhelmingly elected to a four-year term to double down on his top priorities of his first years in office improving job training and state transportation.
Special to St. Louis Public Radio
Judge Sarah Castle (right) administers the oath of office to Gov. Mike Parson with first lady Teresa Parson on Monday during the Missouri Bicentennial Inauguration at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City.
Updated at 5:05 p.m. Jan. 11 with post-inauguration comments from Parson
Gov. Mike Parson and four statewide officials took their oaths of offices on Monday ushering in four more years of near total Republican rule over Missouri.
It also marks what could be the last phase of Parson’s political career, which started as an elected sheriff of a small southwest Missouri county and eventually led to one of the largest electoral mandates ever for a Republican governor.