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Editorial Roundup: Missouri
Kansas City Star. September 20, 2023. Editorial: KC Chiefs, Royals, Current want sports betting. Missouri lawmakers drag their heels Direct democracy is, amazingly, still alive and well in Missouri. The initiative and referendum process has in recent years brought...
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ Viral video shows...
Editorial Roundup: Missouri
Kansas City Star. September 13, 2023. Editorial: Can’t disagree with Gov. Parson: Missouri Supreme Court must be free of political bias When Missouri Gov. Mike Parson introduced Kelly C. Broniec as his latest appointee to the state Supreme Court, he spoke of the...
Charges in St. Louis more than doubled after embattled St. Louis prosecutor resigned
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Criminal prosecutions have more than doubled in St. Louis since the city's progressive prosecutor resigned under fire, a newspaper analysis found. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch found that St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore filed more than 1,400 case over the...
Missouri lawmakers fail to override Gov. Parson's vetoes, and instead accept pared-back state budget
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers on Wednesday failed to override any of the governor's budget vetoes, conceding to a pared-back budget that is $555 million slimmer than they passed. The GOP-led Legislature did not attempt to override Republican Gov. Mike Parson on...
A Missouri court upholds state Senate districts in the first test of revised redistricting rules
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge has upheld the constitutionality of the state's Senate districts in a case that provided the first legal test of revised redistricting criteria approved by voters. Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem rejected claims that the Senate map...
Editorial Roundup: Missouri
Kansas City Star. September 7, 2023. Editorial: Missouri finally banned texting and driving. That’s not the only deadly tech in cars Missouri lawmakers took an important step toward safer streets and highways by passing the Siddens Bening Hands-Free Law, finally...
Missouri governor appoints appeals court judge to the state Supreme Court
Kelly C. Broniec, chief judge of the Eastern District of the Missouri Court of Appeals in St. Louis, was named Tuesday to the Missouri Supreme Court. Republican Gov. Mike Parson announced the choice during a news conference in Jefferson City. Broniec will replace the retiring George...
Missouri law banning minors from beginning gender-affirming treatments takes effect
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Two new laws restricting the access of transgender youth in Missouri to gender-affirming health care and school sports took effect Monday. One law bans minors from beginning puberty blockers and hormones and outlaws gender-affirming surgeries for youths. The...
Missouri death row inmate who claims innocence sues governor for dissolving inquiry board
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri death row inmate is suing Gov. Mike Parson over the governor's decision to dissolve a board of inquiry that was convened to investigate the man's innocence claim. The lawsuit on behalf of Marcellus Williams asks a state judge to invalidate Parson's June...
