Over the course of the last year we covered a number of government and political events in Missouri (and elsewhere), in the process taking thousands of photographs. Most of them didn’t make it into the blog. Some of the things we saw and heard made us smile, made us think, made us gasp, made us hope, and made us despair. We thought we’d provide a retrospective of some of the pictures and stories we consider to be memorable.

Medicaid expansion. We’re still going to be talking about it in 2014. And talking. And talking:

Governor Jay Nixon (D) greets nursing students after speaking on Medicaid expansion in Warrensburg, Missouri on March 15, 2013.

Gov. Jay Nixon (D): on Medicaid expansion – Warrensburg, Missouri – March 15, 2013 (March 15, 2013)

Gov. Jay Nixon (D): press avail[a]bility – Warrensburg, Missouri – March 15, 2013 (March 16, 2013)

Lilly Ledbetter spoke on the campus of the University of Central Missouri in early April:

Lilly Ledbetter  (April 3, 2013).

Lilly Ledbetter – Politics and Social Justice – April 3, 2013 (April 4, 2013)

Sen. Jolie Justus (D) – Politics and Social Justice – April 4, 2013 (April 5, 2013)

Lilly Ledbetter: a short coda (April 6, 2013)

A future governor:

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster (D) speaking in Belton, Missouri on April 14, 2013.

AG Chris Koster (D) – Back to Blue Dinner – Belton, Missouri – April 13, 2013 (April 14, 2013)

Sen. Paul LeVota (D) – Back to Blue Dinner – Belton, Missouri – April 13, 2013 (April 14, 2013)

Women and men continue to march:

Missouri Women United march and rally in Jefferson City (April 27, 2013).

Missouri Women United – march in Jefferson City on April 27th (April 15, 2013)

Missouri Women United – march and rally in Jefferson City (April 27, 2013)

Missouri Women United – signs (April 28, 2013)

And we’ll still be talking about immigration in 2014. And talking. And talking. Representative Luis V. Gutierrez (D) joined  Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D) for an immigration town hall on the campus of MCC-Penn Valley in Kansas City on May 4, 2013:

Representative Luis V. Gutierrez (D) at Representative Emanuel Cleaver’s (D) immigration town hall in Kansas City on May 4, 2013.

Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D): Immigration town hall in Kansas City – May 4, 2013 (May 5, 2013)

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D): Immigration town hall in Kansas City – May 4, 2013 (May 5, 2013)

Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D): Q and A – Immigration town hall in Kansas City – May 4, 2013 (May 5, 2013)