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County prosecutor fights Missouri abortion ban’s criminal penalties in court

Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker is seeking to strike down Missouri’s criminal penalties for abortion, adding to an already intense legal confrontation playing out in St. Louis that could result in a judge overturning the state’s near-total ban.

Tribune News Service · Jul 17, 2023

When Kansas City Royals will pick final stadium site & move out of Kauffman Stadium

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals are aiming to announce their proposed location for a potential new stadium by the end of the summer, team chairman and CEO John Sherman said during a midseason news conference on Thursday.

Tribune News Service · Jun 29, 2023

Missouri group files ballot petitions to allow Kansas City to enact tougher gun rules

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A new Missouri group is seeking a ballot measure that would ask voters in 2024 to allow Kansas City, Jackson County and other local governments in Missouri to enact stricter gun rules than the state, which has one of the loosest firearm regulations in the country.

Tribune News Service · Jun 28, 2023

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Missouri AG seeks to throw out Kansas City cop’s conviction in Black man’s killing, prosecutor says

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker on Monday said her office will fight to uphold the conviction of Eric DeValkenaere, a Kansas City police officer convicted of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Black man in 2019.

Tribune News Service · Jun 27, 2023

Prosecutor urges Missouri governor not to pardon KC cop convicted of killing Black man

Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker on Tuesday made public a letter urging Missouri Gov. Mike Parson not to pardon a former Kansas City police detective who was convicted of killing a Black man.

Tribune News Service · Jun 13, 2023

Joshua McLemore went to the hospital in a psychotic crisis. Then he starved to death naked in a jail cell

Joshua McLemore was hospitalised while experiencing a schizophrenic episode and ended up in jail. His family is now suing the jail over his death by starvation 20 days later. Andrea Blanco reports

The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2023

Jackson County GOP drops censure of gay Missouri Republican over marriage amendment — for now

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Jackson County Republican Party on Monday ruled a motion to censure Missouri state Rep. Chris Sander out of order.

Tribune News Service · Feb 28, 2023

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Missouri ACLU, librarians sue over law that led to schools banning hundreds of books

Missouri librarians are suing over a new law that bans sexually explicit material from schools, leading to districts removing hundreds of books — including classic novels, human anatomy texts and Holocaust history books, according to a lawsuit filed in Jackson County Court.

Tribune News Service · Feb 24, 2023

Michigan attorney general warns against recount disruptions after report from Jackson County

Lansing, Mich. — Attorney General Dana Nessel warned recount observers and participants Wednesday against causing disruptions during a statewide recount of Proposals 2 and 3, citing disruptions and concerns at two recounts in Ingham and Jackson counties.

Tribune News Service · Dec 8, 2022

Oregon's Jackson County Hosts Hearing On Amendments For Psilocybin Services Centers, 'Opt-Out' Vote

“Never a dull moment in the psychedelics space,” says Silo Wellness (OTCQB: SILFF) founder and CEO Mike Arnold.

Benzinga · Nov 4, 2022

Sam McDowell: Britt Reid lost three years as a free man. The effects on Ariel Young are forever.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A pair of white SUVs pulled alongside a curb neighboring the Jackson County Courthouse, and seven people wearing matching white T-shirts — Justice for Ariel — popped open their car doors.

Tribune News Service · Nov 3, 2022

Fund proposed to help cover travel costs of families seeking abortions outside of Missouri

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jackson County Executive Frank White Jr. on Tuesday proposed to release $1 million to help pay travel costs of those seeking abortions outside of Missouri, according to a news release.

Tribune News Service · Nov 1, 2022

3 men convicted of providing aid to terrorists in Whitmer kidnapping plot

JACKSON, Mich. — Three men have been found guilty by a Jackson County jury of materially aiding a terrorist and being a member of a gang.

Tribune News Service · Oct 26, 2022

All candidates for Jackson County Legislature District 1 in Missouri complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

Both candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Jackson County Legislature District 1 in Missouri — Manny Abarca (D) and Christina McDonough Hunt (R) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for…

Ballotpedia · Oct 24, 2022

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Reason · Oct 11, 2022

Brickbat: Rapping His Knuckles

The Kansas Commission on Peace Officers' Standards and Training (CPOST) found that former Jackson County Sheriff's Office deputy Matthew Honas "used excessive force multiple times" on an autistic 12-year-old boy detained for trying to run away from foster care. Honas hogtied the boy. After placing the boy in his patrol…

Daily Mirror · Oct 5, 2022

Police officer who used taser on handcuffed autistic child gets to his keep licence

Matthew Honas was working as Jackson County Kansas sheriff's deputy when he handcuffed the boy on February 23 after responding to a call which said the foster child was trying to run away

Benzinga · Jul 22, 2022

EXCLUSIVE: How Psilocybin Services Providers Are Facing Oregon's County 'Opt-Out' Vote In November Ballot, Synthesis' Exposition In Jackson County

After the passage of the Psilocybin Services Act on 2022, which legalizes Psilocybin across the state of Oregon, various companies are planning to offer their services to the state before

The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2022

Biden decries ‘extreme Republicans’ as he signs order protecting abortion rights

Order directs federal agencies to undertake a number of initiatives to protect the right of women to access reproductive health care

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Roll Call · Jun 28, 2022

Hit over ethics charges, Palazzo loses Mississippi primary - Roll Call

Winner Mike Ezell, the Jackson County sheriff, ran on an "America First" platform that included a ban on abortion and protecting gun rights.

Tribune News Service · Jun 18, 2022

Vahe Gregorian: Why Kansas City’s World Cup 2026 host duty could hasten end of Arrowhead as we know it

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Over the last few years, the Chiefs say they have spent nearly as much of their own money ($40 million) on renovations and upgrades to Arrowhead Stadium as it cost Jackson County taxpayers ($43 million through a bond i,ssue) to build both stadiums in the Truman…

Tribune News Service · Jun 8, 2022

Missouri woman says she caught STD in car. Auto insurance to pay out $5.2 million

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Court of Appeals has affirmed that an insurance company must pay a $5.2 million settlement granted to a Jackson County woman who claimed she unwittingly caught a sexually transmitted disease from her former romantic partner in his car.

Tribune News Service · Jun 7, 2022

Missouri judge throws out $4 million verdict in transgender graduate’s discrimination case

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Jackson County judge has thrown out a verdict that ordered the Blue Springs School District to pay more than $4 million for denying a transgender student access to the male-designated bathrooms and locker rooms.

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2022

Court knocks judge, suggests he's in 'wrong line of work'

A Jackson County judge known for ripping into criminal defendants is catching criticism again from a higher court

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