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Man jailed in deputy's shooting death makes escape attempt

Authorities say a Kentucky man jailed in connection with the fatal shooting of an Illinois deputy and a subsequent carjacking in neighboring Missouri last year has failed in an escape attempt

The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2022

Mike Kehoe announces run for governor

Missouri Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) announced on April 5 that he is running for governor in 2024. As of April 11, he is the only official candidate in the race. The current governor, Mike Parson (R), is ineligible to run for another term. He took office in 2018 after…

Ballotpedia · Apr 12, 2022

The Missouri Supreme Court issued two decisions

The Missouri Supreme Court has issued two decisions in April 2022 so far. 

Ballotpedia · Apr 12, 2022

Six of seven Missouri school board incumbents win re-election in April 2022, four races uncalled

Nine Missouri school districts covered by Ballotpedia held nonpartisan general elections for 18 school board seats on April 5, 2022, including one special election for a one-year term. Four of these elections were too close to call on election night, including races for seats on the Center School District school…

Ballotpedia · Apr 11, 2022

Greitens case at center of scrutiny for St. Louis prosecutor

The 2018 prosecution of Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens played a pivotal role in his eventual resignation

The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2022

Patients’ perilous monthslong waiting for medicaid coverage is a sign of what’s to come

Korra Elliott has tried to avoid seeing a doctor while waiting to get on Medicaid. She worries she can’t afford more bills without any insurance coverage. But in early March — five months, she said, after applying and with still no decision about her application — a suspected case of…

Tribune News Service · Apr 9, 2022

Twenty-one states sue Biden administration over public transport mask mandate

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R), joined by 20 Republican and Democratic attorneys general, filed a lawsuit on March 29, 2022, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida that aims to end the Biden administration’s federal mask mandate for public transport. The mandate, issued by…

Ballotpedia · Apr 8, 2022

Did Missouri authorities miss chance to stop Eric Greitens? Official asked to probe 'rumors'

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri state Sen. Jamilah Nasheed grew concerned enough about Gov. Eric Greitens' potential for violence in April 2018 that she sent a letter asking the Department of Public Safety to investigate rumors of an incident involving "troubling behavior" at Greitens' private home.

Tribune News Service · Apr 8, 2022

Josh Hawley says women are ‘people who give birth’ then gets in a muddle over vaginas

The Missouri Republican stumbled to define what a woman before muddling over what a ‘vagina’ was

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2022

Heart of the Primaries 2022, Democrats-Issue 17 (April 7, 2022)

In this issue: Recent polling and debate in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race and state Sen. Steve Roberts challenges Cori Bush in MO-01

Ballotpedia · Apr 7, 2022