The Latest Breaking News from Mike Parson

Missouri man facing scheduled execution for beating death of 6-year-old girl in 2002

A man who abducted a 6-year-old girl and beat her to death is scheduled to be executed in Missouri

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2023

Move out of Missouri is painful, but necessary, says KC family with transgender child

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On a recent weekday morning, Tom Jackson wrapped up a clay hand print made in preschool by his youngest child, Avery, locked it in a portable safe and placed it into a large cardboard box.

Tribune News Service · Jul 20, 2023

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

American politicians and Indian diaspora eagerly await PM Modi's arrival

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a joint US Congress session during his visit to the US.

The Times of India · Jun 16, 2023

Missouri schools ramp up use of safety app amid a rise in mass shootings

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — About one in five Missouri school districts have accepted an offer to install an app designed to protect students and school employees during an active shooter event.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 16, 2023

Missouri governor plans to pardon Kansas City police officer who shot dead Black man

Mike Parson reportedly weighing pardon for Eric DeValkenaere over killing of Cameron Lamb

The Independent UK · Jun 16, 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

Missouri governor signs ban on transgender health care, school sports

Transgender minors and some adults soon will be limited from accessing puberty blockers, hormones, and gender-affirming surgeries under a bill signed by Missouri’s Republican governor

The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2023

Editorial: If Missouri public schools teach Bible classes, whose version of religion rules?

Missouri legislators have adopted yet another solution in search of a problem. They’ve passed a bill — and sent it to Gov. Mike Parson to sign (he shouldn’t) — that would allow public schools to offer elective courses on the Bible.

Tribune News Service · May 25, 2023

Missouri AG calls on Kansas City police to enforce trans care ban that chief says outside jurisdiction

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey on Wednesday urged the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners to enforce a ban on gender-affirming care for minors passed by Missouri lawmakers this month.

Tribune News Service · May 25, 2023