The legislation passed the Missouri House by the bare minimum on Thursday. It now goes to the governor’s desk.
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An online mom group with over 3,600 members connects over the use of and interest in cannabis and the realities of motherhood.
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Missouri’s lieutenant governor continues to dominate the fundraising race while public polling consistently shows Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft ahead with voters.
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Weeks after two high-profile resignations at the Illinois Prisoner Review Board, Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday appointed the first-ever executive director to help lead the beleaguered agency.
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Whitey Herzog, the innovative and popular Hall of Fame manager who ran both of Missouri’s Major League Baseball teams and returned the Cardinals to World Series glory after a 15-year drought, has died.
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The families of shooting victims criticized MetroLink security in 2019 and again in 2023 because no police were patrolling the Metro East stations at the time the crimes occurred.
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The U.S. Farm Bureau agreed not to support right to repair legislation in exchange for consumer repair diagnostics. Farmers and repair advocates say the tools fall short.
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A group is demanding Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey begin investigating facilities accused of abuse, like Agape School in Stockton, Circle of Hope Ranch in Humansville and Kanakuk Kamps in Branson. The group is also advocating to extend the statute of limitations.
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The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking input from the public as it considers the company’s application for a Clean Air Act permit renewal.
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The report, which was voted down by the Missouri House committee, concluded the inquiry lacked direct evidence of ethical misconduct but alleged the speaker hindered the investigation’s efforts to get to the truth.
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A St. Louis judge has awarded more than $23 million to Luther Hall, a Black former undercover St. Louis police officer who was beaten by police during protests of the Jason Stockley verdict in 2017.
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