Missouri - Missouri’s Secretary of State, Jason Kander, has put a brilliant plan into action within the last couple of weeks. With the creation of TheMissouriChannel.com, the Secretary of State website offers information that was not available to the public for quite some time.

With this new program up and running, Missouri citizens have the power to access the website and watch video clips, listen to audio tapes, and read an assortment of articles right there on their very own laptop or computer. Debates and discussions are now able to be easily accessed, which were previously not available at all. Aside from the debates, there are also journals that are available on Kander’s newest website.

Kander is currently in charge of keeping tabs on the historical and current state government records and wants the public to have the opportunity to see these documents or records. This website gives the Missouri people more than just an inward look on what is going on in our state government, but also gives them insight about the actual discussions and debates that are taking place.

Our Secretary of State’s newest idea will surely be a big hit. Currently, the website contains information about the House and Senate Debates, which took place on February 18^th (both audio and journals are included). On February 19^th, another House Debate took place and the website holds both audio and journals. On the same day, there was a two part Senate Debate and the audio and journals that were written and record are both available. The latest debates that took place on February 20^th are also available. Live debates from both the Senate and House of Representatives will not be found on TheMissouriChannel.com but can be found on their respective websites.

Another great thing about this recently launched website is that it was completely free of charge to the taxpayers and contains information that isn’t always publicly broadcasted.

"One of my major goals as secretary of state is to make government more transparent and accessible, and this project will go a long way to achieve that," Kander stated. "Even better, this initiative comes at no additional cost to the taxpayers, because it's using systems already in place."

If you are looking forward to checking out our state’s newest website, make sure it is not between the times of 6:00pm and 6:30pm today (Thursday, February 28^th). The website will be down during that time due to maintenance and new material being downloaded.