The Latest Breaking News from Missouri

Missouri Democrat confronts GOP colleague over anti-trans law: ‘I was afraid of people like you growing up’

‘You may win this today, but you’re going to lose,’ says Missouri state lawmaker after anti-trans bill passes

The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2022

Missouri legislature acts on voter identification bill

The Missouri Senate Committee on Local Government and Elections conducted a public hearing on House Bill 1878 on April 6, 2022. The bill would modify Missouri’s voter identification requirements as follows: 

Ballotpedia · Apr 15, 2022

First Amendment Lawsuit by Vegan Advocate Against University of Missouri Can Go Forward

From Hershey v. Curators of Univ. of Missouri, decided Wednesday by Judge Douglas Harpool (W.D. Mo.): Plaintiff often handed out flyers and brochures, and he advocated for vegetarian or vegan eating. Plaintiff claims that the University's policy that placing regulations on speech on areas of campus is unconstitutional. More specifically,…

Reason · Apr 15, 2022

Pam Hupp detective blasts Renée Zellweger’s ‘despicable’ portrayal of infamous case: ‘This isn’t a joke’

EXCLUSIVE: Zellweger stars in a new true-crime series about Hupp, who is currently facing charges for the 2011 murder of terminally-ill cancer patient Betsy Faria in Missouri as she serves a life sentence for a separate killing. A detective on the case condemns the programme to Sheila Flynn, saying: ‘There…

The Independent UK · Apr 14, 2022

Editorial: Missouri GOP voters are finally starting to see Greitens' unfitness for office

The fever surrounding former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens might finally be starting to break. Greitens had been leading a crowded field for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination despite the credible allegations of physical and sexual violence that drove him from the governor’s office four years ago. But after recent, additional…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Apr 14, 2022

Missouri teacher fired over "CRT"

Parents complained after Kim Morrison passed out of a worksheet titled "How Racially Privileged Are You?"

Salon · Apr 13, 2022

Missouri Republicans target schools, books and race in latest culture war proposal

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Republicans gave initial approval Tuesday to legislation that says parents have a right to see the curriculum used in their child’s classroom.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Apr 13, 2022

Unmasked I-65 killer’s ‘lazy eye’ sparks new probe into his links to two more murder sprees

EXCLUSIVE: Harry Edward Greenwell was named last week as the I-65 Killer, or Days Inn Killer, who took the lives of at least three women along a Midwest interstate in the US. But he may have murdered many more women, writes Sheila Flynn

The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2022

Man jailed in deputy's shooting death makes escape attempt

Authorities say a Kentucky man jailed in connection with the fatal shooting of an Illinois deputy and a subsequent carjacking in neighboring Missouri last year has failed in an escape attempt

The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2022

Mike Kehoe announces run for governor

Missouri Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) announced on April 5 that he is running for governor in 2024. As of April 11, he is the only official candidate in the race. The current governor, Mike Parson (R), is ineligible to run for another term. He took office in 2018 after…

Ballotpedia · Apr 12, 2022