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As abortion measures loom, GOP raises new barriers to ballot initiatives

Roused by voters’ recent endorsement of abortion rights — even in conservative states — Republican legislators are ramping up efforts to make it tougher for citizens to change laws or amend state constitutions through ballot measures.

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Screaming Nazi who waved torch at Charlottesville white supremacist rally is found dead

Teddy Joseph Von Nukem, who had changed his name from Teddy Landrum to embrace his German ancestry, was found dead in the snow outside his Missouri home in the US after failing to attend his trial for drug smuggling

Daily Mirror

Biden nominee was praised for helping free Kevin Strickland. It’s now being used against her

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kate Brubacher’s work to free Kevin Strickland from prison, overturning the longest known wrongful conviction in Missouri history, won her praise in Kansas City. But that work may be slowing down her confirmation to become the U.S. attorney for the District of Kansas.

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Editorial: Just like doctors, lawmakers should adopt do-no-harm standard on gender dysphoria

The increasing politicization of care for young people with gender dysphoria is making it much harder, if not impossible, for doctors to provide the kinds of help necessary to ease kids through a particularly difficult period of their already-difficult teen and pre-teen years. Lives could be at stake, given the…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Man freed after 28 YEARS for murder he always denied as 'evidence of innocence' found

Lamar Johnson was freed from jai after serving 28 years of a life sentence for a killing he didn't commit, after a Missouri judge overturned his conviction

Daily Mirror

Man freed after nearly three decades in prison as murder conviction overturned

A Missouri judge has overturned the conviction of a 50-year-old man who has served nearly 28 years of a life prison sentence for a killing that he says he didn’t commit

The Independent UK

Missouri Senate approves school lesson database, limits on race-related instruction

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A plan that would usher in new limits on race-related school lessons won final approval in the Missouri Senate on Tuesday, but the debate in the upper chamber could return in the spring.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Judge throws out Missouri man’s conviction, confirming his innocence in 1994 murder

Long before he had a graying beard, Lamar Johnson wrote to the St. Louis judge who oversaw his 1995 trial, saying he had received letters from another man admitting guilt to the murder for which he had just been convicted.

Tribune News Service

Rule targeting Missouri libraries could go into effect with no public hearing

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A controversial change to how public libraries operate in Missouri may go into effect without any public hearings, despite generating a record-setting amount of public comments.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Missouri man accused of confining woman faces new charges

A Missouri man already accused of keeping a woman hidden in the basement of his home while repeatedly sexually abusing her is facing new charges

The Independent UK

Judge vacates conviction of man imprisoned nearly 3 decades

A Missouri judge has overturned the conviction of a 50-year-old man who has served nearly 28 years of a life prison sentence for a killing that he says he didn’t commit

The Independent UK

New Missouri Bill Would Set Parameters For Legal Lane Filtering In State

The state of Missouri is considering a new bill that seeks to define what lane filtering is and is not, and what behavior is allowed by motorcycles in traffic.

RideApart

12 free agents targets for Lions fans to watch in Super Bowl LVII

There are a few pending free agents to watch with Lions eyes in Super Bowl LVII

USA Today Sports Media Group

Former Missouri National Guard member arrested in connection with Jan. 6 Capitol riot

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Federal authorities have arrested a former member of the Missouri National Guard on misdemeanor charges in connection with the Capitol riot, court documents show.

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Koch brothers’ advocacy group courts far-right Republicans it vowed to thwart

Americans for Prosperity Action recently invited two politicians who tried vigorously to overturn the 2020 presidential election

The Independent UK

Missouri officials investigate transgender youth clinic

Missouri officials are investigating whistleblower complaints that a transgender health center rushed children through gender-affirming care

Daily Mirror

US state votes against banning children from carrying guns in public

A measure on the best way to fight crime in Missouri, US, was debated with lawmakers on Wednesday which included banning kids from walking down the street with firearms

Reason

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Editorial: Easier access to abortion pills is pushing anti-choice activists toward more extreme ideas

The war over abortion rights has moved from the sidewalks in front of medical clinics to pharmacies and mailboxes. The Food and Drug Administration’s loosening of restrictions on abortion pills has provided some degree of protection to women in the post-Roe v. Wade world. But it also has nudged some…

The Independent UK

Lawyer: Missouri executed man with appeal still pending

The attorney for a man who was executed this week is calling for an investigation, accusing Missouri officials of moving ahead with the lethal injection while federal appeals were pending

The Independent UK

Black lawmakers cite racism as Missouri House OKs crime bill

Black lawmakers in Missouri are accusing House Republican leaders of racism after shutting down debate and passing a bill that could strip power from the Black woman elected as the St. Louis prosecutor

The Independent UK

Missouri Republicans vote to allow children to carry guns

Only one GOP lawmaker voted to ban children open carrying on public land without adult supervision

Salon

Missouri GOP: Let children carry guns

The Republican-controlled House voted against the measure to stop concealed carry by minors in public

Ballotpedia

St. Louis set to hold first primaries for downsized Board of Aldermen on March 7

The city of St. Louis, Missouri, is holding general elections for the Board of Aldermen on Apr. 4, 2023. All 14 seats on the board and the seat of the president of the board are up for election. A primary is scheduled for March 7, 2023. The filing deadline was…

Reason

"Third-Party Standing" Doctrine Shouldn't be Used to Block Lawsuits Challenging Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

Legal scholar Michael Dorf claims Supreme Court should rule on this basis. But the doctrine doesn't apply to this case, and is dubious anyway.

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