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Marijuana legalization in Missouri takes effect Thursday

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Marijuana legalization in Missouri takes effect Thursday, capping a 50-year effort to end prohibition and allowing individuals to legally possess 3 ounces or less of marijuana flower.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Dec 8, 2022

Dad spends $6,000 on tattoos and then covers himself in 'demonic' ink

Artist Xander Snow, 34, from Springfield, Missouri, US, has admitted he has so many tattoos since getting his first at the age of 18 that he's lost count of them all now

Daily Mirror · Dec 7, 2022

Lynn Schmidt: Hawley behaves increasingly like a vice presidential candidate in waiting

Put aside all the funny memes of Sen. Josh Hawley running. Could it be that the soon-to-be senior senator from Missouri is vying to be Donald Trump’s vice presidential running mate? The current list of potential vice presidential picks swirling around does not seem to include Hawley, but that doesn’t…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Dec 7, 2022

Man cashed his dead mum's social security cheques for 26 yrs in US

A Missouri man pleaded guilty this week to stealing his dead mother’s Social Security payments for more than a quarter century, accumulating nearly US$200,000 in the process, federal prosecutors said.

Bangkok Post · Dec 3, 2022

Medicaid in South Dakota sees resistance

South Dakota's Medicaid expansion faces a difficult rollout due to political pushback and outdated technology

Salon · Dec 1, 2022

News briefs

Missouri Secretary of State Ashcroft, expected to run for governor, opposes same-sex marriage measure

Tribune News Service · Dec 1, 2022

Missouri Secretary of State Ashcroft, expected to run for governor, opposes same-sex marriage measure

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — One of the leading candidates for governor in the 2024 election is making same-sex marriage an early issue in his campaign.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Nov 30, 2022

Missouri ignores daughter’s pleas and executes man over 2005 murder of police officer

On Tuesday evening, the conservative-heavy US Supreme Court denied Kevin Johnson’s request for a stay of execution, based on arguments that racial bias played a part in his sentence

The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2022

Kevin Johnson makes no final words and refuses last meal before execution

A convicted murderer refused to give a final statement and turned down the offer of a last meal in the hours before his execution on Tuesday as protests continued against his sentence

Daily Mirror · Nov 30, 2022

Kevin Johnson executed in Missouri for 2005 killing of police officer

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The state of Missouri carried out the execution of Kevin Johnson on Tuesday evening, The Associated Press reported.

Tribune News Service · Nov 30, 2022