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Editorial: Republicans brave the risks to support same-sex marital rights

It took guts, perhaps along with a careful look at polling results, for 47 House Republicans to join their Democratic colleagues in approving a bill late last month to codify interstate recogniton of same-sex marriages. Rep. Ann Wagner was the sole Missouri Republican to support it. In these hyperpartisan times,…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

President Biden approves major disaster declaration for St. Louis-area flooding

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — St. Louis-area residents affected by last month's flash flooding are able to apply for federal aid after President Joe Biden on Monday approved Missouri's request for a major disaster declaration.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Coffee Pot: New product makes medical marijuana users less sleepy

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Missouri users of medical marijuana are familiar with the sleepiness that comes from consuming the soporific weed.

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Maternal mortality in Mo. continues to raise alarm as board pushes for Medicaid expansion

Between 2017 and 2019, 185 women died while pregnant, or within one year of pregnancy, in Missouri. The majority of these deaths were preventable, a recent study found.

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Planned Parenthood quietly opened new Kansas abortion clinic after Supreme Court ruling

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Planned Parenthood quietly opened a new abortion clinic in Kansas City, Kansas, this summer, a location that didn’t draw much attention until after Kansans affirmed the right to an abortion with Tuesday’s historic vote.

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ICYMI: Top stories of the week

On Tuesday, we covered elections in six states—Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, and Washington. Here are some results highlights:

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Eric Greitens lost the Missouri Senate primary. He won’t disappear from politics

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Whatever you want to call the two-minute speech former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens made on election night, it wasn’t a concession.

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Trudy Busch Valentine wins Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Missouri

Trudy Busch Valentine won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Missouri on August 2, 2022. She received 43.2% of the vote based on unofficial returns. Lucas Kunce came in second place with 38.4%. Nine other candidates also ran in the primary with no one receiving more than 5%.

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More responses to Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection from Missouri roll in

Below are a selection of responses from the candidates who filled out Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey since July 17. To read each candidate’s full responses, click their name at the bottom of the article.

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Scott Fitzpatrick wins contested Missouri auditor primary

Alan Green (D), Scott Fitzpatrick (R), and John Hartwig (L) won their respective primaries for Missouri State Auditor on Aug. 2, 2022. Green and Hartwig ran unopposed; Fitzpatrick received 64.7% of the vote based on unofficial returns. David Gregory was the only other Republican candidate. The general election will take…

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Editorial: Senate GOP’s sudden opposition to a good bill looked a lot like vengeance

How angry are some Republicans at what they see as betrayal by a centrist Democrat? Angry enough to betray sick military veterans, apparently. That’s the only rational explanation for last week’s sudden about-face by two dozen Senate Republicans, including Missouri’s Roy Blunt and Josh Hawley, who opposed legislation they previously…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Voters in St. Louis, Missouri, approve two ballot measures on Aug. 2

On August 2, voters in St. Louis, Missouri, approved two ballot measures—Proposition F and Proposition S.

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Missouri’s average gas price falls to $3.79

As of August 3, Missouri’s average gas price according to AAA was $3.79 for regular gas, which was below the national average of $4.16. Gas prices fell from the previous week’s average of $3.97 and were below the June average of $4.53. On August 3, 2021, the state’s average price…

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Missouri man’s Jan 6 social media posts lead to his arrest for bringing a gun to the Capitol

Jarod Barger is in custody after his lost pistol and social media posts led FBI agents to his door

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Missouri man charged with taking firearm onto Capitol grounds during Jan. 6 riot

Federal authorities have arrested a north-central Missouri man on felony charges that he took a firearm onto the Capitol grounds during the Jan. 6 riot.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

What an uprising in Kansas means for abortion in other red states

The conservative “pro-life” movement managed to do something that abortion-rights activists have been trying to do for decades — they have destroyed the stigma around abortion.

Tribune News Service

Will abortion rights give Democrats a shot at the US Senate seat in Missouri? They hope so

Freshly christened Democratic nominee Trudy Busch Valentine walked into Chris’ Pancake and Dining on Wednesday morning and did a lap, shaking the hands of people there to eat — some there to see her, others who just wanted a tall stack of pancakes.

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With Greitens out, independent is new challenge for Schmitt

Republican leaders got their wish with the defeat of former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens in the U.S. Senate primary

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Missouri man who pointed gun at BLM protesters gets just 3% of vote in GOP Senate primary

Mark McCloskey finished in fifth place with fewer than 20,000 votes

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Eric Schmitt wins Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Missouri

Eric Schmitt won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Missouri on August 2. According to the Missouri secretary of state’s office, Schmitt received 46% of the vote. Vicky Hartzler was second with 22% and Eric Greitens was third with 19%.

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Greitens' "resounding third place loss"

Republicans were terrified a Greitens win could help Democrats win Missouri

The Independent UK

Missouri high school teacher sentenced to 30 years for sextortion scheme targeting children

Brandon McCullough, 31, was also ordered to spend the rest of his life on supervised release after serving his 30-year sentence in prison and was additionally asked to pay $204,199

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Missouri Republicans to Eric Greitens: Go away. Again. And stay away forever

Eric Greitens thought Missouri GOP voters had short memories.

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Editorial: ‘ERIC’ Senate non-endorsement proves Trump thinks Missouri Republicans are stupid

You didn’t really expect Donald Trump to take this seriously, did you?

The Independent UK

Takeaways: Abortion backlash in Kansas, Greitens' collapse

In one of the biggest days of this year's primary campaign season, red-state Kansas rejected a measure that would have made it easier to restrict abortion, and voters in Missouri repudiated a scandal-tarred former governor seeking a Senate seat

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