Indiana State University officials say a provost at a Missouri university has been appointed the new president of the western Indiana school. School officials announced Friday that Dr. Michael …
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4/26/24
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Republican Missouri lawmakers are divided over how far to go with a ballot measure that would make it more difficult for future voters to amend the state constitution. The GOP-led House on Thursday …
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE
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4/25/24
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Arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court have ended after more than 2 1/2 hours in Donald Trump’s bid to avoid prosecution over his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden. The …
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4/25/24
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A man who sped through a red light in Kansas City and crashed into a patrol car has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of an officer and a bystander. …
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4/25/24
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The Missouri House has passed legislation that could protect chemical manufacturer Bayer from some lawsuits alleging a popular weedkiller causes cancer. The legislation comes as Bayer faces tens of …
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By DAVID A. LIEB
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4/24/24
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The FBI has determined that a young Black man died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a rural Missouri home, not at the hands of the white homeowner who had a history of racist social media …
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By JIM SALTER
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4/24/24
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Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature has passed a bill to ban Medicaid funding from going to Planned Parenthood. The GOP-controlled House on Wednesday voted 106-48 to send the proposal to …
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE
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4/24/24
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Kansas City Star. April 22, 2024.
Editorial: These Missouri and Kansas Republicans in Congress finally did right by Ukraine
We don’t get that many chances to say, “Well done, House …
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By The Associated Press
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4/23/24
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Lawmakers are poised to take another shot at defunding Planned Parenthood in Missouri. Republicans have tried for years to block Medicaid funding from going to Planned Parenthood clinics in Missouri. …
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE
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4/22/24
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Missouri lawmakers have passed a bill to expand K-12 private school scholarships statewide and pump hundreds of millions of dollars more into public schools. The scholarship accounts are funded by …
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE
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4/18/24
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Persistently high interest rates have led Missouri lawmakers to significantly expand a state loan program for farmers and small businesses. Lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to a bill that …
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By DAVID A. LIEB
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4/18/24
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A company that operates fiber lines says the loss of 911 service in many places was due to installation of a light pole. Outages were reported Wednesday night in Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota and …
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By SARAH BRUMFIELD, JOSH FUNK and JIM SALTER
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4/18/24
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In a move indicative of proactive legislative response to economic crises, the Missouri House of Representatives recently passed the "Protecting Missouri's Small Businesses Act" (HB 2874). This legislation comes as a beacon of hope for small businesses across Missouri, offering a substantial package aimed at mitigating the adverse effects caused by emergency shutdown orders, particularly those enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, we provide an in-depth analysis of HB 2874, its implications, key provisions, and the broader context of its development and anticipated impact.
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By CHRIS HERBOLSHEIMER
CHRISH@WPDAILYQUILL.NET
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4/17/24
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A Ferguson, Missouri, police officer fired the fatal shot that killed at man at a gas station in the St. Louis suburb. The shooting happened just before 1:30 a.m. Tuesday at a convenience store. …
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4/17/24
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch. April 12, 2024.
Editorial: Having won on abortion, Missouri GOP just can’t stop attacking women’s health care
Not content with having already imposed the first …
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By The Associated Press
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4/16/24
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A campaign to legalize abortion in Missouri has raised close to $5 million. Missourians for Constitutional Freedom on Tuesday announced a $4.8 million haul from January through March. The money is …
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE
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4/16/24
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A Missouri ethics panel is at an impasse over reported misconduct by the powerful state House speaker, who allegedly used his office to stymie the investigation. A draft Ethics Committee report would …
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE
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4/16/24
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An attorney says a former Kansas City-area pharmacist who has been incarcerated for more than two decades over a profit-boosting scheme to dilute tens of thousands of prescriptions for seriously ill …
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH
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4/16/24
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Two men died early Tuesday in a shooting that involved a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. St. Louis County police are investigating the shooting that happened just before 1:30 a.m. Police say a …
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4/16/24
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The maker of a popular weedkiller is turning to lawmakers in key states to try to squelch legal claims that it failed to warn about cancer risks. Bayer disputes such claims but already has paid about …
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By HANNAH FINGERHUT and DAVID A. LIEB
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4/16/24
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