The clock is ticking for Missouri lawmakers to renew a Medicaid program that brings the state billions of dollars for health care and nursing homes.
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey on Wednesday issued civil investigative demands into four Missouri businesses. Three of the businesses were accused of using deceptive businesses practices to sell Delta-8 products. Delta-8 is a chemical compound found in cannabis plants. Consumers can get high from Delta-8, but the effects are not as strong
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As the weather warms up, highway projects start around the state and the Missouri Department of Transportation and AAA Missouri reminded drivers Tuesday to stay off their phones when behind the wheel.
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — 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 needed to pay workers to gather the voter signatures necessary to put the measure
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Victims of child sexual abuse and advocates are gathering in Jefferson City to pressure the Missouri attorney general to investigate several Christian boarding schools.
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Missouri cannabis regulators have announced detailed plans for entering a lottery system to earn one of just 144 microbusinesses licenses.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe will travel to McAllen, Texas, on Saturday to meet with deployed Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers to get an updated on Operation Lone Star, a Thursday press release states. Missouri began deploying troopers and National Guardsmen last month, to “help secure the southern border” with Mexico, according
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By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Another group of Republican-led states is suing to block the Biden administration’s new student loan repayment plan, which offers a faster path to cancellation and has been used to forgive loans for more than 150,000 borrowers. Seven states led by Missouri filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday
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Missourians For Alternatives to the Death Penalty are planning demonstrations against the execution of a Mid-Missouri double murderer.
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By JIM SALTER Associated Press Karen Nickel has been dealing with lupus and other illnesses for years, illnesses she blames on childhood exposure to a suburban St. Louis creek where Cold War-era nuclear waste was dumped decades ago. It’s time, she said Friday, for the federal government to start making amends. “People have died and
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — A man who was briefly handcuffed but not charged in the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl rally is suing three more lawmakers over social media posts falsely accusing him of being among the shooters and an immigrant in the country illegally. Denton Loudermill
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The future of the Royals and Chiefs in Kansas City was thrown into question when residents of Jackson County, Missouri, voted against a sales tax to help to pay for a new downtown ballpark and renovations to Arrowhead Stadium. Royals owner John Sherman and
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At the post office, the public library, the farmers market or any street corner, you may have been asked to sign a petition or two over the past few weeks.
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Immigration law has long been seen as the sole domain of the federal government.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A filing period for Boone County Public Administrator will reopen next week after a candidate withdrew within two days of the end of the initial filing period, according to Boone County Clerk Brianna Lennon. The last day to file for the Aug. 6 primary was Tuesday, but it will reopen from Tuesday,
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — A man who was briefly handcuffed in the chaos that followed a deadly shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl rally is suing a Tennessee congressman. The suit claims the congressman falsely accused Denton Loudermill Jr. in social media posts of being one of the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Tuesday was the last day for candidate filings for the Aug. 6 primary and several statewide offices will be contested. Here is a list of candidates who are running for various offices, as they appear on the Secretary of State’s website. Incumbent candidates have been noted in each race. U.S. Senator:
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Days after Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey blamed an after-school fight on a school district’s diversity programming, a lawyer for the majority Black district in suburban St. Louis says the state’s chief attorney is showing racial bias. At issue is an assault that took place
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Several candidates have filed to run for Missouri state treasurer’s office in the Aug. 6 primary. Missouri Treasurer Vivek Malek announced in a Tuesday press release that he will be running for a full term as treasurer. Malek, 47, was appointed as treasurer by Gov. Mike Parson after Scott Fitzpatrick was
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According to a news release, 19,100 total votes were cast with Biden winning 85.3% of the vote, 61 of 64 pledged delegates to the Democratic National Convention.
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