Latest Missouri News
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Missouri's GOP Gov. Mike Parson signs law expanding voucher-like K-12 scholarshipsJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- K-12 students from low-income families across Missouri soon will have access to private school scholarships under legislation signed Tuesday by Republican Gov. Mike Parson.
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Transgender activists flood Utah tip line with hoax reports to block bathroom law enforcementSALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Transgender activists have flooded a Utah tip line created to alert state officials to possible violations of a new bathroom law with thousands of hoax reports in an effort to shield trans residents and their allies from any legitimate complaints that could lead to an investigation.
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Report says Chiefs' Rashee Rice suspected of assault weeks after arrest over high-speed crashDALLAS (AP) -- Kansas City Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice is suspected of assault in Dallas a little over a month after he was one of the speeding drivers in a chain-reaction crash that led to multiple charges, according to a newspaper report Tuesday.
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More GOP states challenge federal rules protecting transgender studentsLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Seven more Republican-led states sued Tuesday to challenge a new federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the nation's schools. Republican plaintiffs call the effort to fold protection for transgender students under the 1972 Title IX law unconstitutional.
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Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024?A New York judge on Tuesday removed an equal protection measure from the state's November ballot, knocking back to two the number of states where abortion-related amendments will definitely go before voters this year.
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Editorial Roundup: MissouriKansas City Star. April 30, 2024.
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Man confesses to killing hospitalized wife because he couldn't afford to care for her, police sayINDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) -- A Kansas City-area man who's charged with killing his hospitalized wife told police he couldn't take care of her or afford her medical bills, court records say.
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Auditors can't locate former St. Louis circuit attorney to complete state auditST. LOUIS (AP) -- A state examination of the office that handles criminal prosecutions in St. Louis is being delayed because auditors can't find former Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, Missouri Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick said Monday.
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Children are dying of fentanyl by the dozens in Missouri. A panel is calling for changesKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Fentanyl deaths among Missouri babies, toddlers and teens spiked as child welfare officials struggled to adequately investigate the cases, a state panel found in a newly released report.
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Missouri man charged in 1966 killing in suburban Chicago, based on DNA evidenceCREVE COEUR, Mo. (AP) -- A 79-year-old Missouri man is accused of killing a woman in her suburban Chicago home -- a crime that happened nearly six decades ago.
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Former Boy Scout volunteer sentenced to 22 years in prison for hiding cameras in camp bathroomsST. LOUIS (AP) -- A former Boy Scout volunteer has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for hiding cameras in a bathroom at a Missouri camp.
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Missouri abortion-rights campaign turns in more than double the needed signatures to get on ballotJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Advocates on Friday turned in more than twice the needed number of signatures to put a proposal to legalize abortion on the Missouri ballot this year.
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Campaign to legalize sports betting in Missouri gets help from mascots to haul voter signaturesJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri's professional sports teams on Thursday turned in more than 340,000 voter signatures to put a ballot proposal to legalize sports betting before voters this November.
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Missouri Senate filibuster ends with vote on multibillion-dollar Medicaid programJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A dayslong filibuster in the Missouri Senate ended Thursday after a Republican faction allowed a vote on a more than $4 billion Medicaid program they had been holding hostage.