BIZARRE: 119 - What They Never Told You

The Biden Administration Sues Over Missouri's Pro–Second Amendment Law

Plus: An antitrust lawsuit against Juul was dismissed, the EARN IT Act's sponsor has a new proposal, and more...

Reason · Feb 17, 2022

Editorial: Compensate the victim first, then ask who should pay for wrongful conviction

Gov. Mike Parson raises an interesting, but not terribly well-informed, point about how Missouri’s criminal justice system works. Last week in a radio interview, he questioned why the state should be the one to compensate wrongfully convicted prisoners when county prosecutors are the ones responsible for sending innocent people to…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 17, 2022

Missouri police ask Republican legislators to amend act blocking federal gun laws

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri law enforcement officials are asking the General Assembly to revise the state’s new Second Amendment act that prohibits them from helping enforce certain federal gun laws, telling lawmakers that it is hindering their ability to conduct criminal investigations.

Tribune News Service · Feb 17, 2022

Super Bowl 2022 isn’t just about sports – it’s the battle between red and blue America

From the place they play, to the team owners, the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals represent two divergent parts of the country, writes Eric Garcia

The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2022

'Definition of insanity': Missouri Senate ends week of filibuster with no redistricting deal

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The Missouri Senate, stalemated for nearly a week in search of a deal on a new congressional map, is moving on for the moment.

Tribune News Service · Feb 13, 2022

Pandemic exposed outdated health tech

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed outdated health technology from local to state-run benefits programs

Salon · Feb 13, 2022

Fact-check: Pritzker mostly on-target in claim about Illinois leading Midwest in COVID-19 vaccinations

Pritzker spokeswoman Jordan Abudayyeh pointed out that Illinois has vaccinated more people than its neighboring states: Wisconsin, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky and Michigan. But the Midwest is bigger than just those states contiguous to Illinois

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 11, 2022

Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 1960 to 1969 Final Top 25

Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings 1960s: What are the greatest college football programs of all-time based on the Coaches Poll final rankings?

USA Today Sports Media Group · Feb 11, 2022

Measure derided as the ‘Make Murder Legal Act’ killed in Missouri Senate committee

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Missouri Senate panel on Thursday terminated a proposal one county prosecutor called the “Make Murder Legal Act.”

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 11, 2022

Good Day Farm Expands Missouri Cultivation Operations, Plans To Launch New Cannabis-Infused & Nano Gummies

Good Day Farm announced the expansion of its Missouri operations with a new 106,000-square-foot state-of-the-art cultivation facility in Columbia.

Benzinga · Feb 10, 2022