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A man accused of fatally shooting one officer and wounding another at a small-town Missouri convenience store was charged Tuesday with murder and four other crimes. Prosecutors charged 35-year-old …
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By The Associated Press
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3/14/23
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Kansas City Star. March 13, 2023.
Editorial: Landlords sometimes need help, but Missouri needs to protect renters, too
Republicans in the Missouri House of Representatives passed a bill …
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By The Associated Press
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3/14/23
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A Kansas City, Missouri, police officer who fatally shot a man at a convenience store nearly two years ago will not be charged with a crime, following a decision by a special prosecutor. Malcolm …
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By MARGARET STAFFORD and JIM SALTER
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3/14/23
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More and more states are shielding the home addresses of judges and other public employees following attacks or threats made against them. The new laws add a layer of secrecy to government documents …
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By DAVID A. LIEB
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3/14/23
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Police say a Missouri police officer was fatally shot and a second officer was seriously wounded in an overnight shooting that was followed by an apparent police standoff with the suspect. The …
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3/13/23
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The Maryland House has voted for a measure that would create a legal framework to enable recreational marijuana to be sold in stores as soon as July 1. The House voted 103-32 in favor of the bill …
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By BRIAN WITTE
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3/10/23
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A Missouri law banning local police from enforcing federal gun laws is still in effect as a lawsuit to overturn it is appealed. U.S. District Judge Brian Wimes ruled the law will stay in effect until …
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By MARGARET STAFFORD and SUMMER BALLENTINE
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3/10/23
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Missouri voters could decide whether to restore abortion rights if proposed constitutional amendments make it on the 2024 ballot. Several proposals to amend Missouri's Constitution to protect …
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE
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3/9/23
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Two southwest Missouri woman are charged with second-degree murder after police say a 5-year-old girl was found dead in their home. Waynesville police said in a news release that officers were …
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3/9/23
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Authorities say a rural Missouri man killed his wife and her father before fatally shooting himself. Four children were in the home but were unharmed. Authorities say the shooting happened Wednesday …
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3/9/23
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After years of refusing to expand Medicaid benefits for new mothers, Republican officials in more than a half-dozen states are reversing course. They're trumpeting the coverage as central to their …
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By AMANDA SEITZ
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3/9/23
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A jury has found that UPS Inc. should pay $75 million to a Missouri family, after a driver with a known history of drug abuse collided with a vehicle driven by a pregnant woman. The baby was later …
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3/8/23
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A Missouri law banning local police from enforcing federal gun laws has been struck down as unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Brian Wimes on Tuesday tossed the law. The law forbid local police …
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE
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3/7/23
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Kansas City Star. March 6, 2023.
Editorial: Josh Hawley is right: The GOP is dead. Pompeo and Trump are fighting over its corpse
Mike Pompeo almost got it exactly right with his critique of …
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By The Associated Press
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3/7/23
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Proposed initiatives may face a new hurdle to qualifying for the Arkansas ballot. The state Senate has approved a measure that more than triples the number of counties where signatures supporting …
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By ANDREW DeMILLO
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3/6/23
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Election officials in Florida, Missouri and West Virginia say they are withdrawing from a bipartisan, multistate effort aimed at ensuring the accuracy of voter rolls that has found itself in the …
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By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY
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3/6/23
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Three Kansas City police officers who were shot while serving a search warrant have been released from the hospital. The officers were shot Tuesday at a home where they served a federal warrant as …
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3/4/23
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A bipartisan effort among states to combat voter fraud has found itself in the crosshairs of conspiracy theories fueled by Donald Trump’s false claim about the 2020 presidential election and now …
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By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY
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3/4/23
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A lawsuit filed by a Muslim advocacy group alleges that corrections officers at a Missouri prison used pepper spray on Muslims while they were praying and then retaliated when they complained. The …
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By MARGARET STAFFORD
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3/3/23
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Missouri is moving closer to providing up to one year of Medicaid health coverage for new mothers. The state Senate passed legislation on Thursday that would add Missouri to a list of 28 other states …
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By DAVID A. LIEB
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3/2/23
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