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Under current state law, minors who are 16 or 17 can get married to someone under 21 if they have parental consent.
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Currently, minors 16 and 17 can get married with parental consent. Proposed legislation would make the marriage age 18 with no exceptions.
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After weeks of flirting with the idea, Missouri State Sen. Lincoln Hough of Springfield jumped into the Republican Primary for lieutenant governor on Thursday.
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Numerous clinical studies nationwide have shown positive results from using psilocybin to treat PTSD, depression and substance use.
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Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher's bid for the state's Lieutenant Governor's seat comes months initially floated his candidacy and weeks after he was accused of ‘unlawful’ conduct by legislative staff.
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The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has offered little guidance ahead of controversial law affecting student athletes set to take effect on August 28.
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The legislation, which includes blocking transgender minors from accessing gender-affirming health care like hormones or puberty blockers, had been held up with a filibuster over several days including more than 12 hours of debate from Monday afternoon to early Tuesday morning.
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The elections bill was just one piece of legislation Parson signed into law on Wednesday. Others included funding charter schools, bills related to utilities and another barring homeless people from sleeping on state-owned land.
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The Scott County Republican also discussed why she supports a special session to bar companies from requiring employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Gov. Mike Parson has signed a bill that advocates say will help prevent opioid abuse after nearly a decade of failed attempts.