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As states impose abortion bans, young doctors struggle — and travel far — to learn the procedure

A barrage of abortion restrictions rippling across the country, from Florida to Texas to Idaho, is shrinking the already limited training options for U.S. medical students and residents who want to learn how to perform abortion procedures.

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MacKenzie Scott gives Planned Parenthood $225 million, including $9 million for Missouri's only facility

ST. LOUIS — Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri has received its largest single donation — $9 million — from author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, the abortion and reproductive health care provider announced Wednesday.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Missouri completes state legislative redistricting

Missouri completed its legislative redistricting on March 15 when the state’s Judicial Redistricting Commission filed new state Senate district boundaries with the secretary of state. Missouri was the 43rd state to complete legislative redistricting. The House Independent Bipartisan Citizens Commission unanimously approved state House’s district boundaries on Jan. 21. These…

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Greitens investigator pleads guilty to evidence tampering on eve of trial

ST. LOUIS — A former FBI agent who investigated former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens in 2018 pleaded guilty Wednesday to misdemeanor evidence tampering, avoiding a perjury trial that would have started with jury selection Thursday.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Perjury trial nears for investigator in Greitens case

Jury selection begins Thursday in St. Louis in the perjury and evidence tampering trial of the man whose investigation played a key role in former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ resignation in 2018

The Independent UK

Editorial: Greitens is accused again of abuse. Will Republican voters finally reject him?

Eric Greitens showed Missouri long ago who he is. To paraphrase Maya Angelou, Missouri should believe him. Yet the disgraced former governor, driven from power four years ago by credible evidence that he physically and sexually abused his extramarital lover prior to his 2016 election, has somehow emerged as the…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Melinda Henneberger: Credentials are no protection against intimidation and abuse. Just ask Sheena Greitens

What does it say about Missourians that despite all we know about Eric Greitens, he’s at least until now been the front-runner in this year’s U.S. Senate race?

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Redistricting remains in action

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Greitens accusations revive GOP worries about Senate bids

Accusations that Missouri Senate Republican candidate Eric Greitens physically assaulted members of his family have added fresh urgency to a GOP push to ensure the party doesn’t nominate candidates who are so damaged that they put otherwise safe seats in play

The Independent UK

'I stand by my sworn statements': Sheena Greitens responds after ex-husband's attacks

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Sheena Greitens, the ex-wife of former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, said Tuesday she stood by allegations that he physically and mentally abused her and their children.

Tribune News Service

Five thoughts on new Mizzou basketball coach Dennis Gates

COLUMBIA, Mo. — For the third time in the last decade and fifth time in 16 years, fans flocked to Mizzou Arena on Tuesday to hear from Missouri’s new basketball coach on his first day on the job. This time, it’s Dennis Gates, the 42-year-old Chicago native who spent the…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A new era for Missouri: Dennis Gates hired as men's basketball coach

COLUMBIA, Mo. — After days of speculation, it's official. Dennis Gates is the new men's basketball coach at the University of Missouri.

Tribune News Service

Missouri GOP Senate candidate Eric Greitens refuses to step aside after ex-wife alleges abuse

Greitens’ ex-wife claims he was physically abusive and demonstrated “unstable and coercive behavior”

The Independent UK

Checks and Balances: Illinois Joint Committee on Administrative Rules blocks governor’s emergency rule

The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process, and the rule of law.

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Eric Greitens, accused of striking child and threatening ex-wife, pressured to drop out of Senate race

The ex-wife of former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens says the U.S. Senate candidate was violent toward her and their children, accusing him in a sworn statement of "cuffing" their then 3-year-old across the face, yanking him by his hair and knocking her down.

Tribune News Service

Missouri tried to fix its doctor shortage. Now the fix may need fixing

Missouri state Rep. Tricia Derges is pushing a bill to give assistant physicians like herself a pathway to becoming fully licensed doctors in the state.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Sen. Josh Hawley refuses order to halt use of raised-fist image on campaign merchandise

WASHINGTON — Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley said Friday he would not stop using a photo showing him with his raised fist on campaign merchandise after receiving a cease-and-desist order earlier this week.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Schmitt dismisses lawsuits against St. Louis, school districts where masks no longer required

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Attorney General Eric Schmitt on Friday dismissed his challenge to masking rules in the city of St. Louis, and his office also announced an end to dozens of lawsuits he filed against Missouri school districts this year.

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Report: Missouri Set to Hire Dennis Gates as New Men’s Basketball Coach

The Cleveland State head coach made the NCAA tournament last year.

Chicago Sun-Times

Missouri anti-abortion proposal another sign Illinois must stand up for reproductive choice

Our state protects reproductive freedom, but we would benefit if all women were able to access the care they need in their own communities.

The Independent UK

Landfill cleanup slowed after more nuclear waste found

The Environmental Protection Agency says nuclear waste buried in a Missouri landfill that sits near an underground smolder is more extensive than first believed

Reason

Josh Hawley Absurdly Suggests That Ketanji Brown Jackson Has a Soft Spot for 'Child Predators'

The Missouri senator's attack on the Supreme Court nominee elides crucial distinctions and ignores widespread judicial criticism of child pornography sentences.

The Independent UK

Missing Missouri woman called mother crying and said ‘he wont let me leave’ moments before vanishing in Texas

‘She sounded terrified and scared,’ Ms Holt’s mother said

The Independent UK

6th person dies from pileups on foggy Missouri interstate

Officials say the number of deaths has risen to six from a series of fiery chain-reaction crashes involving dozens of vehicles in southeast Missouri on a fog-covered interstate

Reason

The Hunter Biden Laptop Story Makes Another Case Against 'Misinformation' Bans

Plus: Fiona Apple fights for transparent courts, Missouri bill takes aim at out-of-state abortions, and more...

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