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News
Parson doubles down on push to prosecute reporter who found security flaw
Gov. Mike Parson escalated his war with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Wednesday when his political operation published a video doubling down…
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Education
Missouri budget officials outline $50M cost of data breach
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Help for roughly 100,000 teachers whose Social Security numbers were made vulnerable in a massive state…
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Education
Data breach prompts review at Missouri teacher pension fund
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Officials with the pension fund serving teachers and other public school employees in Missouri say they’re…
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Politics
Lawmaker urges Parson to finally appoint cybersecurity commission
A day after Missouri Gov. Mike Parson garnered national criticism for his push to prosecute a newspaper reporter who discovered a security…
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Opinion
Opinion: Governor’s charge of a journalist hack is outrageous
I’m writing this column after one of the most vicious and unfounded attacks I’ve heard by a Missouri governor against…
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Education
Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found flaw in state website
On Tuesday, a reporter with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch alerted the state that Social Security numbers of school teachers and administrators…
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News
In cabinet shake-up, Parson changes directors of five Missouri agencies
Gov. Mike Parson announced a sudden cabinet shake-up Tuesday, with a slew of personnel changes across five state agencies —…
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News
Parson won’t block execution of intellectually disabled man
Rejecting calls from lawmakers, advocates and even the Pope for him to stop the execution of Ernest Johnson, an intellectually…
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Health
New rules on Missouri abortion clinics set to take effect
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — The administration of Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican, has enacted more rules on Missouri abortion clinics.…
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Crime
Court is asked to suspend law licenses of gun-waving couple
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri official is asking the state Supreme Court to suspend the law licenses of the…
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Politics
GOP Missouri lawmaker blasts Parson’s veto of funding to combat child sex abuse
Missouri Rep. Randy Pietzman nearly choked on his words as he tried Wednesday to explain why $300,000 means so much…
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News
LGBTQ history exhibit goes unmentioned by state official cited for its removal
When news broke that an LGBTQ history exhibit was suddenly and without warning removed from the Missouri Capitol, Gov. Mike Parson…
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Health
Missouri lawmakers may consider copying Texas abortion law
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature could soon be considering legislation similar to a new Texas law that bans most…
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Coronavirus
Missouri GOP vow to push back against Biden’s announced vaccine mandate
Missouri Republicans assailed President Joe Biden’s push to require employees of private businesses to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo…
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Art
Parson’s rationale for removing LGTBQ exhibit from Missouri Capitol called into question
Fireworks this week over the sudden removal of an LGBTQ history exhibit from the museum in the Missouri Capitol caught…
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Business
Missouri judge refuses to reinstate federal jobless benefits
A Missouri judge refused on Tuesday to reinstate federal unemployment benefits that were cut in June when Gov. Mike Parson…
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Coronavirus
Parson issues narrowed COVID-19 state of emergency
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Intensive care units are nearly full across the Kansas City area, creating challenges for hospitals…
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Crime
Judge to rule soon on Missouri bill to block enforcement of federal gun laws
Missouri police agencies will know within a week whether they can work with the federal government to enforce certain gun laws, Cole…
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Politics
Missouri redistricting is delayed, squeezing 2022 U.S. House campaigns
SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson won’t call lawmakers back to work this year to redraw the state’s congressional districts, setting…
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Coronavirus
Missouri tops 10,000 deaths from COVID-19 during pandemic
(AP) — The death toll from COVID-19 in Missouri has topped 10,000, according to the state health department’s coronavirus dashboard…
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Crime
Parson pardons gun-waving McCloskey couple
(AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced Tuesday that he made good on his promise to pardon a couple who…
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Politics
Governor is refunding some fees for open records requests after court ruling
Some Missourians can expect a refund from Gov. Mike Parson for fees they paid to obtain public records from his…
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Coronavirus
After COVID cases tripled in July, Delta continues its spread through Missouri
The month of April was a good one for Missouri’s Dallas County Health Department: It was the second straight month…
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Politics
Parson joins legal push to convince Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade
Gov. Mike Parson has added his name to the growing list of GOP elected officials asking the U.S. Supreme Court…
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Coronavirus
Health official calls COVID vaccine falsehoods ‘a bunch of baloney’
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s top adviser on COVID-19 is lashing out at vaccine falsehoods on social media, adding to the…
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Coronavirus
Parson announces vaccine incentive lottery with $10,000 prizes
In a bid to increase vaccination rates to combat the Delta variant’s growing spread, Gov. Mike Parson announced Wednesday an…
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Art
Missouri’s new Poet Laureate is Maryfrances Wagner of Independence
ST. LOUIS – Maryfrances Wagner, a poet, teacher and community leader from Independence, Mo., has been named as Missouri’s sixth…
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Education
New school voucher law offers tax credits to donors for private education
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri students could have access as soon as next year to scholarships for private schools through…
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Coronavirus
As COVID swamps hospitals, Springfield asks Missouri for temporary care site
Facing a looming shortage of beds caused by rapidly rising COVID-19 cases, health care providers in Springfield are asking the…
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Politics
Parson set to sign bills on school choice, police chokeholds, gas tax hike
Gov. Mike Parson will hopscotch the state this week signing bills into law ranging from private school scholarships to a gas…
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