Judge weighs Missouri GOP dispute over estimated cost of allowing abortions

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two top Republican state officials argued Wednesday over how much it would cost Missouri to restore the right to abortion, with the state attorney general insisting that the figure should account for lost revenue that wouldn't be collected from people who otherwise...

Missouri governor signs ban on transgender health care, school sports

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Transgender minors and some adults in Missouri will soon be limited from accessing puberty blockers, hormones and gender-affirming surgeries — as well as some school sports teams — under bills signed Wednesday by the state's Republican governor. ...

Missouri governor signs bills that ban gender-affirming care for minors; bars trans girls, women from female sports

Missouri prosecutor Wesley Bell vies for GOP Sen. Hawley's seat

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Black Missouri prosecutor who stepped into leadership in the aftermath of protests over the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown is running for Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley's seat, the Democrat announced Wednesday. In his campaign announcement,...

Missouri man executed for killing 2 jailers during failed bid to help inmate escape in 2000

BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man who shot and killed two jailers nearly 23 years ago during a failed bid to help an acquaintance escape from a rural jail was executed Tuesday evening. Michael Tisius, 42, received a lethal injection of pentobarbital at the state prison in...

Missouri man executed for killing 2 jailers in failed bid to help inmate escape from a rural jail in 2000

Man pleads guilty to strangling and dumping body of Missouri woman 3 decades ago

UNION, Mo. (AP) — A 67-year-old man has pleaded guilty to strangling a woman in Missouri and leaving her bound body in the woods three decades ago, a newspaper reported. Kirby R. King pleaded guilty on Friday to involuntary manslaughter and felonious restraint in the death of...

Editorial Roundup: Missouri

Kansas City Star. June 3, 2023. Editorial: This Pride month, Kansas and Missouri lead the US in GOP anti-LGBT laws. Don’t despair June is LGBT Pride month — a celebration, yes, but even more an affirmation of the basic humanity of lesbian, gay, bisexual and...

Editorial Roundup: Kansas

Kansas City Star. June 3, 2023. Editorial: This Pride month, Kansas and Missouri lead the US in GOP anti-LGBT laws. Don’t despair June is LGBT Pride month — a celebration, yes, but even more an affirmation of the basic humanity of lesbian, gay, bisexual and...

Missouri governor denies clemency for man facing execution on Tuesday

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Monday declined clemency for a man who faces execution Tuesday evening for killing two jailers in an ill-fated effort to free someone else from a county jail. Michael Tisius, 42, would be the third person in Missouri, and the 12th person nationally, to be...