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Carman Deck executed: Burglar who murdered elderly couple put to death in the US

Double murderer Carman Deck, 56, who killed elderly couple James and Zelma Long at the Missouri home in 1996 has been executed by lethal injection despite having had the decision overturned three times

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Missouri inmate whose death sentence was overturned three times set to be executed today

Death penalty opponents say Missouri officials will commit ‘scripted, premeditated ‘legal’ homicide’ of inmate Carman Deck

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Missouri execution would be just fifth this year in the US

A man whose death sentence for killing a Missouri couple while robbing their home was overturned three times is scheduled to be executed

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Missouri execution to go ahead after governor declines to give 11th hour reprieve

‘No one is suggesting that Carman Deck should get out of prison and go home tomorrow’

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Missouri execution to go ahead after governor declines to give 11th hour reprieve (OLD)

‘No one is suggesting that Carman Deck should get out of prison and go home tomorrow’

The Independent UK

Supreme Court, governor decline to stop Missouri execution

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to halt the upcoming execution of Missouri inmate Carman Deck, and Republican Gov. Mike Parson says he will not grant clemency

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Missouri killer whose death sentence was reversed 3 times is days away from execution

DE SOTO, Mo. — Carman Deck once talked about his victims' kindness.

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Three resolutions adopted in Missouri General Assembly

Since April 19, one resolution was adopted in the Missouri State Senate and two were adopted in the Missouri House of Representatives. There were no bills to pass both the House and Senate and be signed by Gov. Mike Parson (R). So far in the 2022 session, nine bills and…

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One resolution passed in the Missouri Senate

So far in the month of April, there was one senate resolution that passed in the Missouri Senate. There were no bills to pass both the House and Senate and be signed by Gov. Mike Parson (R). So far in the 2022 session, nine bills and resolutions have been passed.…

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Mike Kehoe announces run for governor

Missouri Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) announced on April 5 that he is running for governor in 2024. As of April 11, he is the only official candidate in the race. The current governor, Mike Parson (R), is ineligible to run for another term. He took office in 2018 after…

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Efforts to make protective medical gear in US falling flat

The push to make personal protective equipment in the U.S. is running out of steam after an initial surge at the start of the coronavirus pandemic

The Independent UK

Two house resolutions pass in Missouri

Since March 21, 2022, there were two house resolutions that passed in the Missouri House of Represenatives. There were no bills to pass both the House and Senate and be signed by Gov. Mike Parson (R). So far in the 2022 session, eight bills and resolutions have been passed. The…

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Missouri Gov. Parson says he believes Sheena Greitens. But he didn't call on Eric Greitens to drop out of Senate race

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday said he believed allegations of domestic abuse against former Gov. Eric Greitens, but stopped short of calling on him to drop out of the U.S. Senate race.

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Missouri's one of only four states without new congressional maps. Will lawsuits break the gridlock?

Missouri is one of just four states that haven't approved new congressional maps as Republicans come under growing pressure to break a deadlock some fear will lead to judges drawing new district lines.

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Missouri governor picks agency veteran as new MO health chief after senators pushed out predecessor

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Tuesday named Paula Nickelson acting director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services after Republican senators ousted her predecessor over support for COVID-19 vaccination.

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Missouri gets new health chief after backlash over last one

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has named a longtime state health official as the new acting director of the Department of Health and Senior Services

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: A governor clueless about computers has no business overseeing cybersecurity

A cybersecurity perfect storm has been brewing for years in Missouri’s state government computer systems under the supervision of a governor who clearly is clueless regarding computers and data. State computer systems and online data networks are antiquated, using programming languages that became obsolete decades ago. Recent comments by Gov.…

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Missouri Senate passes pay raises, renews effort to block Planned Parenthood payments

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The Missouri General Assembly on Thursday sent to Gov. Mike Parson a supplemental budget bill that gives pay raises to state workers, funds the voter-approved Medicaid expansion and allocates nearly $2 billion in federal aid to schools.

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Police probe shows Missouri data weakness existed a decade before Post-Dispatch exposed it

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A police investigation released Monday shows that a flaw in a Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education webpage had been in place since 2011 and that no one had noticed the flaw until a St. Louis Post-Dispatch journalist pointed out the weakness.

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Editorial: Compensate the victim first, then ask who should pay for wrongful conviction

Gov. Mike Parson raises an interesting, but not terribly well-informed, point about how Missouri’s criminal justice system works. Last week in a radio interview, he questioned why the state should be the one to compensate wrongfully convicted prisoners when county prosecutors are the ones responsible for sending innocent people to…

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Prosecutor declines to charge Post-Dispatch reporter targeted by Parson

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A St. Louis Post-Dispatch journalist will not be charged after pointing out a weakness in a state computer database, the prosecuting attorney for Cole County said Friday.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Responding to criticism, Missouri governor's office says there's no ‘religious litmus test’ for state workers

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Gov. Mike Parson’s office said Friday he has no “religious litmus test” for state government employees, clarifying a statement he made earlier this week that he wouldn’t have appointed a health director “who does not share the same Christian values” as him.

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Gay, lesbian adults in US have higher COVID-19 vaccination rates than heterosexual adults: CDC

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Only Christians need apply? Gov. Mike Parson’s ‘Christian values’ statement prompts legal concerns

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Does the next director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services need to be a Christian?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Governor calls failure to confirm Missouri health director ‘an embarrassment to the state’

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Senate torpedoed Gov. Mike Parson’s choice to run the state health department Tuesday amid unfounded concerns that he favors mask mandates and vaccine requirements.

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