$500 million tax rebate plan is axed from record $49 billion state budget
An avalanche of tax revenue is bulging Missouri’s treasury, but tax rebates approved by lawmakers won’t be coming to taxpayer bank accounts.…
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Missouri enacts photo voter ID law before November elections
Missouri voters will have to show photo identification to cast a regular ballot in the November election as a result…
New law mandates removal of discriminatory covenants from property deeds
Gov. Mike Parson signed into law Thursday a bill that requires the removal of antiquated housing restrictions based on race, national origin…
State abortion ban does not prohibit Plan B nor contraception, Missouri AG says
After at least one hospital system in Missouri stopped providing emergency contraception because of ambiguity in the state’s abortion ban,…
Charter schools will get millions in state funds, not from traditional public schools’ budgets
Gov. Mike Parson has signed into law a bill to infuse more than $60 million in state funding into charter…
Harris emerges as top abortion voice, warns of more fallout
WASHINGTON (AP) — During Brett Kavanaugh’s 2018 Supreme Court confirmation hearings, then-California Sen. Kamala Harris asked the judge if he…
Missouri AG targets school mental health surveys as ‘invasive’
In 2018, a rash of students in southwestern Missouri were dying by suicide. The Neosho School District wasn’t immune. “We were averaging about…
Biden signs landmark gun measure, says ‘lives will be saved’
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed on Saturday the most sweeping gun violence bill in decades, a bipartisan compromise that…
Missouri now permits abortion only in cases of ‘medical emergency’ – but not rape, incest
ST. LOUIS – Shaking her head in disbelief while sitting at Missouri’s last remaining abortion clinic, U.S. Rep. Cori Bush,…
Sheena Greitens documented abuse allegations against ex-husband in 2018
It was 10 days since her husband, Eric Greitens, resigned as governor and Sheena Greitens was terrified. In that period, she wrote…
Deep inside the gun bill is a break for prescription drug middlemen
Many Americans across the political spectrum are clamoring for federal action on guns in the wake of a mass shooting at…
Parson signs proclamation to end elective abortions in Missouri
JEFFERSON CITY – Today, in response to the United States Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, Gov. Mike Parson signed…
Roe overturned: What you need to know about the Supreme Court abortion decision
After half a century, Americans’ constitutional right to get an abortion has been overturned by the Supreme Court. The ruling…
U.S. Supreme Court overturns right to abortion in landmark decision
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that established abortion as a constitutional right.…
Supreme Court expands gun rights in striking down New York concealed carry law
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court struck down on Thursday a New York law that made it illegal to carry…
Greitens’ ‘RINO-hunting’ video incited threats to his ex-wife, her lawyer says
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Sheena Greitens’ attorney asked a judge Thursday to direct her ex-husband Eric Greitens to issue a public…