Tessa Weinberg
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There were 1,780 instances of foster kids going missing in Missouri over a two-and-a-half year period.
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The districts facing new litigation have all been previously sued by Schmitt and include the Special School District of St. Louis County, Maplewood Richmond Heights, Clayton, Ladue, Webster Groves and Mehlville.
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If Roe v. Wade is overturned, a “trigger ban” in Missouri would bar abortions except in the cases of a medical emergency. Some GOP lawmakers want to pass an amendment specifying that there is no right to an abortion in the Missouri Constitution, either.
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Eric Schmitt has refused to drop three of his 47 lawsuits against school districts, while the Lee’s Summit district filed a counterclaim against the attorney general.
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Missouri law doesn’t prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Efforts to change that have failed for 24 years.
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According to a fiscal analysis, the changes to charter school funding would initially cost the state an additional $62 million.
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Under the bill, facilities can still limit things like visitor movements and the number of visitors per patient, but cannot require patients be vaccinated against any disease to receive treatment or visitors. Experts warn it could cause a conflict between state and federal requirements.
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The bill quickly grew into a wide-ranging piece of legislation tackling transparency in education.
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If the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion, a Missouri law would automatically kick in to ban the procedure except in medical emergencies. Republican lawmakers have also proposed bills that would take aim at abortions occurring across state lines.
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Proposals range from taking aim at abortions occurring across state lines to declaring the right to an abortion doesn’t exist in the state constitution
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The Missouri Department of Social Services’ Children’s Division has come under intense scrutiny from lawmakers for low morale, low pay and high vacancies of caseworkers, which has led to caseworkers being assigned far more cases than they can handle.
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State agencies were allowed to make emergency purchases over $50,000 during COVID-19 pandemic without following the normal process.