Republican Missouri lawmakers are divided over how far to go with a ballot measure that would make it more difficult for future voters to amend the state constitution. The GOP-led House on Thursday …
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE
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4/25/24
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Arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court have ended after more than 2 1/2 hours in Donald Trump’s bid to avoid prosecution over his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden. The …
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4/25/24
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A man who sped through a red light in Kansas City and crashed into a patrol car has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of an officer and a bystander. …
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4/25/24
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Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature has passed a bill to ban Medicaid funding from going to Planned Parenthood. The GOP-controlled House on Wednesday voted 106-48 to send the proposal to …
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE
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4/24/24
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Kansas City Star. April 22, 2024.
Editorial: These Missouri and Kansas Republicans in Congress finally did right by Ukraine
We don’t get that many chances to say, “Well done, House …
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By The Associated Press
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4/23/24
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Lawmakers are poised to take another shot at defunding Planned Parenthood in Missouri. Republicans have tried for years to block Medicaid funding from going to Planned Parenthood clinics in Missouri. …
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE
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4/22/24
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Missouri lawmakers have passed a bill to expand K-12 private school scholarships statewide and pump hundreds of millions of dollars more into public schools. The scholarship accounts are funded by …
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE
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4/18/24
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A company that operates fiber lines says the loss of 911 service in many places was due to installation of a light pole. Outages were reported Wednesday night in Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota and …
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By SARAH BRUMFIELD, JOSH FUNK and JIM SALTER
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4/18/24
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A Ferguson, Missouri, police officer fired the fatal shot that killed at man at a gas station in the St. Louis suburb. The shooting happened just before 1:30 a.m. Tuesday at a convenience store. …
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4/17/24
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BRANSON — Quilts of Valor of the Ozarks (QOVO) held their first veteran quilt award ceremony on April 10, 2024 at the Branson Area Christian Women’s Connection luncheon. Mr. Richard Collins was honored for his service with the presentation of a Quilt of Valor by six members of the QOVO Chapter, from Kimberling City, MO.
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4/17/24
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch. April 12, 2024.
Editorial: Having won on abortion, Missouri GOP just can’t stop attacking women’s health care
Not content with having already imposed the first …
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By The Associated Press
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4/16/24
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A campaign to legalize abortion in Missouri has raised close to $5 million. Missourians for Constitutional Freedom on Tuesday announced a $4.8 million haul from January through March. The money is …
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE
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4/16/24
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A Missouri ethics panel is at an impasse over reported misconduct by the powerful state House speaker, who allegedly used his office to stymie the investigation. A draft Ethics Committee report would …
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE
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4/16/24
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An attorney says a former Kansas City-area pharmacist who has been incarcerated for more than two decades over a profit-boosting scheme to dilute tens of thousands of prescriptions for seriously ill …
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH
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4/16/24
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Two men died early Tuesday in a shooting that involved a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. St. Louis County police are investigating the shooting that happened just before 1:30 a.m. Police say a …
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4/16/24
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Here's a look at how AP's general news coverage is shaping up for select Missouri stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP's complete coverage of Missouri and the rest of the world, visit …
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4/15/24
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The Biden administration is canceling student loans for another 206,000 borrowers as part of a new repayment plan that offers a faster route to forgiveness. The Education Department announced the …
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By COLLIN BINKLEY
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4/12/24
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Dusty Farr used to be someone else. Before his transgender daughter was suspended after using the girls’ bathroom at her Missouri high school. Before the bullying and the suicide attempts. Before …
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH
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4/11/24
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When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Republicans insisted the ruling would mostly impact those seeking abortions to end unwanted pregnancies. But that hasn’t proved to be the …
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By COLLEEN LONG
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4/10/24
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Another group of Republican-led states is suing to block the Biden administration’s new student loan repayment plan, which offers a faster path to cancellation and has been used to forgive loans …
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By COLLIN BINKLEY
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4/9/24
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