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Members of the Missouri Freedom Caucus held up the Senate for hours on Thursday over the lack of action on legislation that would make amending Missouri’s constitution more difficult.
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If supporters gather enough signatures by May, voters could decide the fate of Missouri’s abortion ban in either August or November.
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Expanding child care access and making it harder to amend Missouri’s constitution through ballot initiatives are among the priorities for the Republican-led legislature.
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State Rep. Peter Merideth, a Democrat whose district includes Central Visual and Performing Arts High School, said legislation including red flag laws and raising the age to buy a gun to 21 would help prevent shootings like the one that occurred at the school nearly a year ago.
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A series of proposed amendments to Missouri's constitution seeking to legalize abortion is back in court, this time over the ballot language proposed by the secretary of state and expected costs.
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Voters in Ohio shot down Issue 1, rejecting conservative lawmakers' attempt to change the constitutional amendment process ahead of a vote on reproductive rights this November. The Missouri GOP has been considering pushing a similar measure to block the possibility of voters enshrining abortion access in the state constitution.
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The hearing was on an appeal of a ruling requiring the attorney general’s office to sign off on the expected cost to the state of adding abortion rights to the Missouri Constitution.
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A Cole County judge ruled that Attorney General Andrew Bailey had no authority to demand revisions to Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick’s cost estimate of abortion legalization initiatives.
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St. Louis police said they have one juvenile in custody following the shooting on Washington Avenue near 14th Street early Sunday morning.
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Lawmakers have until 6 p.m. Friday to finish work on a host of key issues.