Missouri legalized recreational marijuana. Will its federal lawmakers represent weed shops? WASHINGTON — If you sell marijuana in Missouri, even legally, there’s always the worry of getting robbed. Tribune News Service · Feb 28, 2023
Biden's student loan relief faces its biggest test yet at the Supreme Court On Tuesday, the justices will hear expedited arguments in a challenge to the Biden plan brought by six states — Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Arkansas, Kansas and South Carolina. WEKU · Feb 28, 2023
Congresswoman Cori Bush of Missouri marries member of campaign security team ST. LOUIS — For U.S. Rep. Cori Bush, the campaign trail has led to the altar. St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 28, 2023
St. Louis prosecutor faces mounting criticism over crash Missouri Republicans who want the state to take over prosecutions of violent crimes in St. Louis are sharply criticizing the city’s embattled prosecutor after a teenage volleyball player from Tennessee lost her legs in a crash caused by a speeding driver facing felony charges The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2023
Blackness 'under attack': Kansas and Missouri Black lawmakers face racism in statehouses TOPEKA, Kan., and JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Sen. Oletha Faust-Goudeau’s political career has been filled with firsts that often go unnoticed. Tribune News Service · Feb 27, 2023
More American schools are switching to four-day weeks. Could Australia follow their lead? At least 1,600 schools across the US have opted for four-day school weeks. As more districts make the switch, some parents worry their kids will be left behind, while others have embraced the change. ABC News · Feb 25, 2023
Boy missing for eight months found thousands of miles away - police have no clue why Breadson John was reported missing from Vancouver, Washington, US, on June 17 amid "concerns for his welfare" before he was found last Friday in Jasper County, Missouri, by the FBI Daily Mirror · Feb 24, 2023
Mark Story: Will the SEC be fair to Kentucky in coming football schedule changes? LEXINGTON, Ky. — Even with the arrivals of Texas and Oklahoma to the Southeastern Conference moved up to 2024, Mitch Barnhart continues to make clear that Kentucky is still in favor of SEC teams staying at eight league football games played annually, not nine. Tribune News Service · Feb 24, 2023
This group gets left-leaning policies passed in red states. How? Ballot measures The Fairness Project has won campaigns to raise the minimum wage and expand Medicaid in nine states dominated by Republicans. Next is abortion. But there's growing pushback from state lawmakers. WEKU · Feb 24, 2023
Missouri ACLU, librarians sue over law that led to schools banning hundreds of books Missouri librarians are suing over a new law that bans sexually explicit material from schools, leading to districts removing hundreds of books — including classic novels, human anatomy texts and Holocaust history books, according to a lawsuit filed in Jackson County Court. Tribune News Service · Feb 24, 2023
St. Louis prosecutor Kim Gardner calls removal attempt a 'political stunt,' defends handling of case ST. LOUIS — Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner spurned an ultimatum from Missouri’s attorney general on Thursday, declining to step down and claiming that calls for her resignation are a “political stunt.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 23, 2023
Boeing: Navy F/A-18 new fighter jet production ending in 2025 BERKELEY, Missouri — Boeing announced plans on Thursday to sunset production of the F/A-18 Super Hornet, a trademark of its St. Louis defense business. St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 23, 2023
This selfie above China's balloon was taken over Missouri. Here's how we know that The photo from aboard the Air Force's legendary U-2 spy plane shows the Chinese balloon. But where, exactly, was it taken? It's actually possible to answer that question using clues from the image. WEKU · Feb 23, 2023
Teen athlete loses legs; St. Louis prosecutor under scrutiny Beyond the grief after a teenage volleyball player from Tennessee lost both legs following an accident in downtown St. Louis, her family and those around them are left to wonder why the driver responsible for the wreck was able to get behind the wheels of a car The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2023
The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2023 Teen athlete loses legs in crash; prosecutor asked to resign The Missouri attorney general is calling for the resignation of a St. Louis prosecutor — after a motorist who repeatedly violated his bond conditions crashed and injured a teenage volleyball player who had to have both of her legs amputated
The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023 Missouri lawmakers try to strengthen abortion ban Legislation by a Missouri Republican would strengthen the state's abortion ban
The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023 Missing Washington boy found in Missouri eight months after disappearing Breadson John, eight, vanished in mid-June last year before finally being tracked down by detectives in Jasper County, according to the FBI
Tribune News Service · Feb 22, 2023 Editorial: Scam Missouri ‘cost-sharing’ ministry proves health care and religion are both ailing The recent decision by federal law enforcement officials to shut down what they call a fraudulent, faith-based Missouri medical cost-sharing company reveals, again, a major failure of America’s health care system.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 20, 2023 Lamar Johnson calls on Missouri lawmakers to start compensation program for exonerees JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Six days after a judge declared him a free man, Lamar Johnson told members of a Senate panel Monday that the state must compensate people who have been freed from prison for crimes they didn’t commit.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 20, 2023 Editorial: Virginia menstrual-tracking bill underscores bizarre extremes in abortion debate Virginia Gov. Glenn Younkin’s partisans killed a bill that would have banned police from tracking women’s menstrual cycles while investigating potential crimes. The mere fact that Virginia Republican and Democratic lawmakers felt compelled to write such a bill conveys how far American society has veered off the deep end. It…
Tribune News Service · Feb 18, 2023 When Chiefs play, lobbyists pay to get Missouri and Kansas politicians into big games KANSAS CITY, Mo. – When the Kansas City Chiefs took on the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC Championship at Arrowhead Stadium last year, Mayor Quinton Lucas was excited.
The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2023 After 30 years, man wrongfully convicted of murder is free As he languished in a Missouri prison for nearly three decades, Lamar Johnson never stopped fighting to prove his innocence, even when it meant doing much of the legal work himself
Tribune News Service · Feb 17, 2023 Editorial: Missouri wrongly convicted them. They shouldn’t need to beg with a GoFundMe to get by Lamar Johnson, and Kevin Strickland before him, are the first two beneficiaries so far of a measure Missouri lawmakers approved two years ago giving local prosecutors an avenue to correct a grave injustice. Under the new law, a prosecutor may, at any time, file a motion for a judge to…
Tribune News Service · Feb 16, 2023 Editorial: If you’re tough on crime, you better celebrate Missouri setting Lamar Johnson free Ricky Kidd. Carrody Buchhorn. Keith Carnes. Floyd Bledsoe. Kevin Strickland. Lamonte McIntyre. Olin “Pete” Coones Jr. Missouri or Kansas threw all of them behind bars — many of them for a long, long time — for crimes they swore they didn’t commit.
The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023 Activists rally behind Missouri lawmaker cut off in debate Missouri faith leaders, activists and elected officials have accused the Republican-led House of silencing Black Missourians after leaders shut down a Black lawmaker’s speech