Planned Parenthood wants feds to block Missouri rule targeting its Medicaid funding
Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri is calling for President Joe Biden’s administration to intervene to…
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New rules on Missouri abortion regulations kick in
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Planned Parenthood leaders condemned new regulations on Missouri abortion providers that took effect Wednesday. Yamelsie Rodríguez,…
Permit for Labadie coal plant was issued lawfully, commission says
Missouri’s Clean Water Commission agreed Tuesday that environmental regulators were correct to issue a permit allowing the state’s largest coal-fired…
Area man’s remains among those recovered from Navy helicopter crash off California
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The remains of five people and the wreckage of a U.S. Navy helicopter that crashed in…
Nobel prizewinners found wage hikes, immigrants don’t harm U.S. jobs
STOCKHOLM (AP) — A U.S.-based economist won the Nobel prize in economics Monday for pioneering research that transformed widely held…
Families with disabled children in limbo as Missouri aid program remains stalled
The seizures started hours after Gabriella Cotton was born. In the neonatal intensive care unit at St. Louis Children’s Hospital,…
Fauci says trick-or-treating this year is fine
WASHINGTON – The government’s top infectious diseases expert says families can feel safe trick-or-treating outdoors this year for Halloween as…
St. Louis County officers ordered to get COVID vaccine shots
CLAYTON (AP) — The acting head of St. Louis County police has issued an order saying that all officers must…
Cherry-picking Bible verses has been done for centuries, before anti-vaxers
A devout evangelical Christian recently texted to explain why he was not getting the COVID-19 vaccine. “Jesus went around healing…
Lawmakers seethe at Missouri agency over failure to report missing foster children
Exasperated lawmakers slammed leaders of the Missouri Department of Social Services this week, accusing them of passing off blame for…
Inquiry into obscene gesture by St. Louis County health official not released
ST. LOUIS (AP) — No details are being released to elected officials or the public about an internal investigation into…
Top state court hears arguments over 2015 law to cap revenue from court fines
Should Missouri legislators have singled out St. Louis County in a 2015 court-reform law that capped the amount of revenue…
Missouri must collect union dues from prison workers, judge rules
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A judge has ordered Missouri to begin collecting union dues from prison workers, finding that an…
Democrats’ vision for free community college would boost undocumented students
WASHINGTON — The massive economic policy package Democrats are trying to muscle through Congress could open the door to free…
New rules on Missouri abortion clinics set to take effect
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — The administration of Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican, has enacted more rules on Missouri abortion clinics.…
Ex-Rep. Akin, sunk by ‘legitimate rape’ remark, dies at 74
Former U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, a conservative Missouri Republican whose comment that women’s bodies have a way of avoiding pregnancies…