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Missouri Bill Targeting Environmental Protections Moves Ahead In House
Missouri legislators are moving forward with an effort to loosen the state’s environmental regulations. Regardless if it will help, or harm.
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Nonprofit Hopes To Free Missouri Man Serving 23 Years On Marijuana Charges
Eric McCauley was a first time marijuana offender when he was sentenced to 23 years in federal prison in 2012.
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Missouri House Expels Rick Roeber, A Republican Accused Of Sexually Abusing His Children
Rick Roeber, a Lee's Summit Republican accused by his adult children of sexual and physical abuse, was expelled from the Missouri House.
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Gov. Parson Holding Fundraiser With Missouri Medical Marijuana Companies
Individuals and companies that were awarded lucrative medical marijuana licenses by the state will gather next week to raise money.
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Grain Belt Transmission Line Forges Ahead Amid Landowner, Lawmaker Pushback
Grain Belt Express, a project a decade in the making, is starting to acquire land along its route spanning across nearly both states.
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Missouri Pre-K Programs Have Room To Grow. Advocates Hopeful Progress Is On The Horizon
Missouri's state-funded preschool programs met quality benchmarks but have room to grow to serve a wider swath of children.
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Vilsack Keys In On Food Insecurity And Nutrition In USDA Budget Request
Biden released his fiscal 2022 budget request to Congress last week, and proposed $27.8 billion for USDA.
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Potential Missouri Senate Candidate Holding Mar-A-Lago Fundraiser With Gov. Parson
U.S. Rep. Jason Smith is holding a fundraiser at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Florida later this month.
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Capitol Perspectives: Kicking The Can Down The Road
The Federal Medicaid program requires a state to provide matching funds to be eligible for the much larger chunk of federal funds.
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Senators Grill Missouri Labor Director Over Unemployment Debt Actions
An angry Senate committee on Thursday dressed down the director of Missouri's Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.
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Greitens Says Supporters Have ‘Bar-Fight Intensity' In Bid For Missouri Senate Seat
Greitens told the crowd that he plans run an aggressive campaign that will “stand up to the establishment and stand up to the left.”
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Democrats Seeking Missouri Senate Seat Deliver First Fundraising Reports
Marine Corps veteran and attorney Lucas Kunce of Independence has been almost as successful, taking in $280,990.
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Push To Ban LGBTQ Discrimination Failed In Missouri Senate. Advocates Vow To Fight On
Missouri Sen. Greg Razer hadn’t planned to speak on an amendment that purported to prevent discrimination based on vaccination status.
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Missouri Legislators Question Whether Labor Department Reneged On Unemployment Deal
GOP leaders said they had worked out an agreement with Gov. Mike Parson’s administration.
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COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution For Kansas City's Black Population ‘An Afterthought’
Organizers say it’s necessary to address the disparity in vaccination rates.
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Missouri Republicans Renew Push To Change How Judges Are Selected
Fed up with “Boss Tom” Pendergast's political machine abusing the state’s judicial system, Missourians changed the constitution in 1940.
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COVID-19 Vaccine Now Available To All Missourians Who Are 16 And Older
Starting today, an estimated 4.5 million residents will be eligible.
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Under A Short-Lived Committee, Some Businesses Jumped Ahead In Missouri Vaccine Line
In the span of 10 minutes in late February, a panel of state officials signed off on nearly 1,300 people to be able to skip ahead.
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Todd Graves Approved For University Of Missouri Curators Despite Bipartisan Filibuster
A bipartisan coalition of state Senators was unable to stop politically connected Kansas City attorney Todd Graves from winning.
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Missouri One Step Closer To Shedding Its Designation As The Only State Without A PDMP
Missouri is one step closer to shedding its designation as the only state in the country without a prescription drug monitoring program .
